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tyr’s Day, Trinamool chief said statement. One can only ask for
she would be visiting the nation- clarification if a statement is giv-
al capital from July 27 to July 29 en and not all members will be
and would be keen on meeting able to speak. The government
the opposition leaders. Accus-
ing the BJP of “bulldozing the is doing the same. It is an at-
federal structure” of the coun- tempt to scuttle down and save
themselves. They are not allow-
try, Banerjee said she has plas- ing other members to speak,”
tered the camera of her phone. said Kharge.
“Our phones are tapped. Pega- A parliamentary standing
sus is dangerous and ferocious.
I cannot talk to anyone. You are committee, chaired by Congress
paying too much money for spy- MP Shashi Tharoor, will ques-
ing. I have plastered my phone. tion officials of the Ministry of
Information and Technology
We should also plaster the Cen- and the Ministry of Home Af-
tre otherwise country will be de- fairs in connection with the case
stroyed,” she stated. of alleged illegal surveillance of
Mamata Banerjee also said West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has called the allegations of spying a
that she has plastered her mo- threat to Indian democracy and asked all opposition parties to unite (ANI) journalists and political leaders
bile’s camera to avoid spying using the Pegasus software.
A meeting of the Parliamen-
and added that the Centre tary Standing Committee on In-
should also be plastered other- formation Technology has been
wise it shall destroy the entire called on July 28. Officials of the
country. Ministry of Information Tech-
Meanwhile in Mumbai,
Maharashtra Congress chief nology, Home and Communi-
Nana Patole on Wednesday said cations have been summoned
to the meeting. The agenda for
the party is demanding a Su- the meeting is ‘Evidence of the
preme Court-monitored probe representatives of the Ministry
into allegations of surveillance of Electronics and Information
through Pegasus spyware and
said the party’s state unit will Technology, Ministry of Home
hold a protest to seek President Affairs and Ministry of Com-
Ram Nath Kovind’s interven- munication (Department of
Telecommunications) on the
tion in the issue. Congress has subject of ‘Citizens’ data securi-
accused the BJP-led govern- Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnav has denied that the ty and privacy’.
ment of misleading people on government is behind the snooping (ANI Photo/LSTV grab) However, Union IT Minis-
the issue. The government has
denied allegations concerning ter Ashwini Vaishnaw said there
surveillance. is ‘no substance’ in the media
On Wednesday, Congress report regarding the use of Peg-
asus on WhatsApp, adding that
leader Manish Tewari moved the report was an attempt to
an adjournment motion in Lok malign Indian democracy and
Sabha on the ‘Pegasus Project’ its well-established institutions.
media report on Thursday. “I
hereby give notice of my inten- Taking to microblogging
tion to ask for leave to move a sites Twitter and Koo, the Min-
ister said, “A sensational story
motion for the adjournment of around Pegasus being published
the business of the house for the just a day before the monsoon
purpose of discussing a definite session in Parliament cannot
matter of urgent importance,
namely:- Reports have point- be a coincidence. In the past,
ed out that the Government of similar claims were made re-
India has procured the surveil- garding the use of Pegasus on
WhatsApp. Those reports had
lance tool Pegasus developed by no factual basis and were cat-
Israeli company NSO group for Opposition leaders across the country are protesting against egorically denied by all par-
surveillance of journalists, civil the Pegasus snooping (ANI) ties, including in the Supreme
society activists, politicians and
Supreme Court Judges,” wrote asus Project sparking a row, trying to scuttle down the issue. Court.” He said, “This press
Tewari to Lok Sabha Secre- Leader of Opposition in Rajya “We have been demanding for story on Pegasus, done by a web
tary-General. Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge al- discussion on Pegasus issue. But portal on 18th July 2021, at-
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