TMC attacks PM Modi over 59 Chinese App-ban; question silence over 'incursions'

All India Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday launched an attack on PM Modi sharing the video message PM put out after the Galwan clashes on TikTok saying that he had been using the same app he banned to mourn the martyrdom of the soldiers. The nephew of TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee claimed that PM's 'befitting reply' to China came amid the 'incursions' that the Centre has refused to acknowledge. 

Banerjee's claims come despite multiple clarifications by the Centre assuring that the sanctity of the country's borders had not been compromised. On Sunday, PM Modi during his Mann Ki Baat address assured the citizens that while India was a peace-loving country it won't refrain from giving a befitting response if anyone dares to encroach upon India's sovereignty.  

Regardless, TikTok is now no longer available for download on the Google Play store.

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India bans Chinese apps 

Amid the on-going India-China border tensions, the government of India in a massive decision on Monday banned 59 Chinese Apps including TikTok. According to the Centre, it received many complaints from various sources including several reports about the misuse of these apps for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers that have locations outside India. The government banned the apps in order to protect the sovereignty of Indian Cyberspace and to ensure the interests of crores of Indian mobile users. 

List of Chinese apps banned by the Centre

1. TikTok

2. Shareit

3. Kwai

4. UC Browser

5. Baidu map 

6. Shein 

7. Clash of Kings 

8. DU battery saver 

9. Helo 

10. Likee

11. YouCam makeup 

12. Mi Community 

13. CM Browers 

14. Virus Cleaner 

15. APUS Browser 

16. ROMWE 

17. Club Factory 

18. Newsdog 

19. Beutry Plus 

20. WeChat 

21. UC News 

22. QQ Mail 

23. Weibo 

24. Xender 

25. QQ Music 

26. QQ Newsfeed 

27. Bigo Live 

28. SelfieCity 

29. Mail Master 

30. Parallel Space

31. Mi Video Call – Xiaomi 

32. WeSync 

33. ES File Explorer 

34. Viva Video – QU Video Inc 

35. Meitu 

36. Vigo Video 

37. New Video Status 

38. DU Recorder 

39. Vault- Hide 

40. Cache Cleaner DU App studio 

41. DU Cleaner 

42. DU Browser 

43. Hago Play With New Friends 

44. Cam Scanner 

45. Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile 

46. Wonder Camera 

47. Photo Wonder 

48. QQ Player 

49. We Meet 

50. Sweet Selfie 

51. Baidu Translate 

52. Vmate 

53. QQ International 

54. QQ Security Center 

55. QQ Launcher 

56. U Video 

57. V fly Status Video 

58. Mobile Legends 

59. DU Privacy

Read: India Bans 59 Chinese Apps: List Of Alternatives To Replace Chinese Mobile Applications

Read: TikTok Issues First Response After Being Banned By Modi Govt; Calls It 'interim Order'