New Delhi: Patanjali Ayurved’s messaging app ‘Kimbho’ was pulled down from Google Play Store, a day after its beta trial version was introduced on the platform.
The Baba Ramdev-led firm alleged yesterday that it was a conspiracy by multinational companies against a Swadeshi firm and said the app will be back soon.
“#Patanjali #kimbho App has fallen victim of conspiracy of foreign companies #MNCs. We regret the inconveniences. It will be back soon,” said a tweet by Patanjali Ayurved spokesperson, S K Tijarawala.
When contacted, Tijarawala said the trial version of the ‘Kimbho’ app was removed by Google without citing any reason.
“We are communicating with them asking the reason why it was removed from the Play Store,” he added. E-mails sent to Google did not elicit a response.
On Wednesday, the Haridwar-based firm had put Kimbho’s trial version on Google Play Store for downloads almost two months after it was taken down hastily. It had also said the app will be launched officially on 27 August after fixing the shortcomings.
On 31 May this year, Patanjali had removed Kimbho, which means ‘how are you’ or ‘what’s up’ in Sanskrit, from Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store just a day after launch, saying it was released only for a one-day trial.