New Delhi, Dec. 3 -- Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MP Mahua Maji on Wednesday slammed the Centre over the Sanchar Saathi app row, saying that the government has lost its reliability.

Speaking to ANI, Maji linked the directive to mandatorily pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on mobile phones to the Pegasus surveillance software, highlighting a privacy breach.

She said, "The government has lost its reliability. Pegasus became an issue some time ago. They toppled democratically elected governments."

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has mandated that the mobile handsets must have the pre-installed Sanchar Saathi application readily visible and accessible to end users at the time of first use or device setup, and its functionaliti...