New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday launched a sharp political attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its directive mandating the activation of the Sanchar Saathi app on mobile headsets, claiming that the ruling party is now extending surveillance into the private spaces of citizens.

In a post shared on X, Akhilesh Yadav alleged that under BJP governance, not only has freedom of expression been curtailed, but the privacy of people's conversations inside their homes and families is also under threat.

"Those whose history itself has been one of spying, how can they possibly give up espionage? In the BJP government, the freedom of expression was already being snatched away; now, even the private ...