PM Modi quits Chinese app Weibo, all posts deleted after India bans 59 apps

After India banned 59 Chinese apps, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, quit Twitter-like Weibo account in China. account, which posted messs in Chinese, removed all photos, posts and comments from PM's official handle. Reports state that 10 days ago, China had deleted 'official Indian statements', including PM Modi's speech from Indian embassy’s official account on WeChat - China's popular social media app.

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PM Modi quits Weibo

PM Modi's Weibo account was set up in 2015 before his first visit to country as Prime Minister. account had  115 posts on Weibo, which had to be deleted manually as Weibo has a complex procedure to quit for VIP accounts. While decision to quit from Weibo was taken immediately, an official process had to be initiated to remove posts. Moreover, two of 115 posts were delayed in removing as it is difficult to remove posts with photo of Chinese President. w all posts have been deleted, here are screenshots of account:

Govt of India bans 59 Chinese apps; Tik Tok, UC Browser, WeChat included in list

India bans Chinese Apps

This move comes two days after India banned 59 Chinese Apps including Tik-Tok. Centre has stated that it has received many complaints from various sources including several reports about misuse of se apps for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers that have locations outside India. Hence, in a move to protect sovereignty of Indian Cyber and to ensure interests of crores of Indian mobile users, government has stated that this was a major blow to China’s Digital Silk Route ambitions, amid ongoing India-China standoff at Line of Actual Control (LAC).

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Chinese goods boycott sentiment

After 20 soldiers were martyred at LAC, several groups across nation have protested against sale of Chinese goods. Moreover, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL)- a PSU under aegis of Ministry of Railways has terminated a Chinese company’s contract. BCCI too has called a council meeting to rethink its sponsorship from Chinese companies. Centre too has taken several steps to decrease Chinese imports to make India more self-reliant. Apart from se, recently several Indian companies with Chinese funding have faced ire of public as 'ban Chinese goods' sentiment grows stronger.

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