Karnataka social media users call for PhonePe boycott after CEO criticizes reservation bill.

Social media users in Karnataka have called for a boycott of PhonePe after its CEO, Sameer Nigam, criticized the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government's proposed job reservation bill. The bill aims to secure a portion of jobs in select private companies for local Kannada-speaking people. Hashtags such as #UninstallPhonePe and #BoycottPhonePe started trending on social media, with users sharing screen recordings of uninstalling the digital payment app.