'Is Arunachal Pradesh Not A Part Of India?' Twitter Users Attack Xiaomi Over Weather App Not Showing Results For Itanagar

Indians on Twitter are questioning Xiaomi as the brand's smartphones are not currently displaying results for Arunachal Pradesh on its app.

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New Delhi: In a fresh controversy for Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi, several users are attacking the company raking the issue of Arunachal Pradesh being claimed by China.  #XiaomiJawabDo started trending on Twitter after popular Tech Youtuber Gaurav Chaudhary reported an issue with Xiaomi's weather app that is not showing results for Itanagar and Arunachal Pradesh. Checking on a Xiaomi phone, the issue currently appears to be genuine as the weather app does not show any results for the said places. Whereas another popular Chinese smartphone brand OnePlus, owned by BBK Electronics, is displaying the results for it on its weather app. The issue has quickly taken a political turn as Xioami's direct link to China is being brought in. Several users on Twitter started trending a hashtag: #XioamiJawabDo. They have asked the company to resolve the issue and clarify its stance in the present circumstances of the faceoff between India and China with the latter refusing to recognise Arunachal Pradesh as Indian territory. Here are some of the tweets from the Twitter trend:

Hey guys, This tweet this specially for @manukumarjain Sir. Sir we know @XiaomiIndia is doing well but sir please remember Arunachal Pradesh is in India.Then Why some cities are not showing?#XiaomiJawabDo pic.twitter.com/KuCtLhOv03

— Anshul Singh (@as03anshul) October 18, 2020

#XiaomiJawabDo#BoycottChineseProducts@manukumarjain answer it .Why your application does not showing the cities of Arunachal Pradesh? pic.twitter.com/q0lhuyk3gW

— Anil Jaglan (@neeljaglan) October 18, 2020

I remember studying about Arunachal Pradesh being a part of India! #xiaomijawabdo #TGFamily @TechnicalGuruji @manukumarjain @XiaomiIndia pic.twitter.com/0VSy4lUTaE

— Deeptej (@DeeptejD) October 18, 2020

#TGFamy @TechnicalGuruji Whu Arunachal Pradesh is not visible in Your phone's, We want Answer from @manukumarjain and @Xiaomi #xiaomiJawabDo https://t.co/cETiKX0bTr

— Abhishek Thorat (@Abhishe02883147) October 18, 2020

"Our position on Arunachal Pradesh has also been made clear several times. Arunachal Pradesh is an integral and inalienable part of India. This fact has also been clearly conveyed to the Chinese side on several occasions, including at the highest level," MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava had said a few days ago clarifying India's position over the disagreement with China.

Xiaomi's Response

The company shared its response with ABP Live wherein the Mi India spokesperson acknowledged the matter calling it a technical error and assured that the issue will be resolved. "At Mi India, we take great pride in the love and trust that our fans and consumers across the country have bestowed on us. We would like to clarify that the weather app on our devices uses data from multiple third-party data sources and we understand that for many locations, the weather-related data is not available on the current app. This is a technical error on our application," - spokesperson, Mi India. "That said, we are working on improving the app to get the best experience for our users. As always, we are committed to India and our users across the country to provide them with the best possible user experience," the spokesperson added. WATCH | Xi Jinping warns Army to be mentally prepared for war