Congress accuses Centre of evading query on purchase of Pegasus

Opposition leaders accused the Union government on Monday of evading a simple question of whether it used the Pegasus spyware to snoop on Indian citizens after the Centre told the Supreme Court that it will set up a committee of experts to investigate the allegations.

The government’s stand came following the week when it had to cut short a torrid monsoon session of Parliament, where opposition MPs were unrelenting in calling for deeper investigations and answers from the government.

Gopal Aggarwal, national spokesperson of BJP said the government has already said that “lawful interception is its right” and “no one can deny it the power to combat terrorism and other crimes through surveillance.”