Baba Ramdev joins 'Boycott Chinese Products' movement, shares video deleting Chinese apps

Deleting Chinese applications from mobile phones has become latest trend in India, as citizens pledge to join ‘Boycott Chinese products’ movement, proposed by education reformer Sonam Wangchuk in light of Covid pandemic.

In a recent development, Baba Ramdev, who as co-founder of Patanjali Ayurved has been a big proponent of 'Sweshi', has also voiced support for movement, stating that boycotting Chinese products is thing less than ‘service to nation.’ A video tweeted by Yoga guru on Monday shows a user deleting Chinese applications – Tiktok, Shareit, VidMate – from his mobile phone, and downloing alternate Indian applications from Play Store.

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“Deleting Chinese applications from your mobile is also a service to nation,” Baba Ramdev said in Tweet translated from Hindi.

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Indians quit Chinese applications

Numerous celebrities and influencers including Milind Soman, Arsh Warsi, and ors have joined Wangchuk’s movement by deleting Chinese applications or giving of products me in China.

To make process easier, a Jaipur-based startup in India has launched an application called 'Remove China Apps'. This app, developed by OneTouchAppLabs, detects apps me in China on users' phones and provides a simple UI to remove m. Since its release on May 17, app has alrey garnered massive support and has crossed one million downlos in less than two weeks. It is currently top free app available on Google PlayStore, available for free.

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'Boycott Chinese Products' movement

Following escalating border tensions between India and China, Engineer turned education reformer Sonam Wangchuk posted a mess on Twitter that went viral on platform — "Cheen ko Jawaab, Sena degi bullet se, Naagrik dengey wallet se (Answer to China will be given by soldiers with ir bullets and citizens with ir wallets)".

He vocated that Indians should start boycotting Me in China goods, arguing that Chinese will feel pinch harder on "ir wallet" than on border "with bullets".

Wangchuk encourd people to drop use of Chinese software "within a week", like video-sharing platform Tik Tok. He said Indians have freedom to choose what y spend on with ir wallet and if a country doesn't treat India fairly n y should use boycotts as "personal ecomic sanctions". 

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