Union Minister Piyush Goyal promotes desi app Koo

The year-old microblogging platform has around 1.5 crore users and has found steady progress mainly because of the support from the Government.

Continuing with the Government’s campaign for self-reliance in the digital sphere, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Tuesday came out in support of Koo, the Indian social media platform. The year-old microblogging platform has around 1.5 crore users and has found steady progress mainly because of the support from the Government.

“Be the first one to know about exclusive ministerial developments. Follow Minister @PiyushGoyal on Koo: kooapp.com/profile/piyushgoyal,” said Mr. Goyal in a message on Koo where he has 1.5 million followers.

The Narendra Modi Government had begun by collaborating with social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter but over the years western social media outlets have come under scrutiny and raids in the context of the fact that they have often given space to critical voices. The farmers agitation, for example, used Twitter to propagate their cause throughout the year-long protest that began in November 2020.