India, Dec. 2 -- Congress on Monday rejected directions of the Department of Telecommunications on the pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi app in new mobile handsets as unconstitutional and demanded its immediate rollback.

Taking to social media platform X, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said that the direction by DoT "is beyond unconstitutional," adding that the "Big Brother cannot watch us."

He wrote that the right to privacy is an intrinsic part of the fundamental right to life and liberty, which is provided in Article 21 of the Constitution.

Calling the Sanchar Sathi app "a dystopian tool to monitor every Indian," Venogopal said that it is a means to watch over every movement, interaction and decision of each citizen. ...