Congress chides govt’s Pegasus response, seeks thorough probe

The Congress has chided the Centre for its reluctance to state ‘yes or no’ before the Supreme Court on whether the regime or its agencies had acquired, and used, the spyware Pegasus on public personalities and members of the media and institutions. The opposition party also reiterated its demand for a comprehensive probe into the matter by arguing the media expose on Pegasus use showed how all four pillars of the Indian democracy had been ‘dented’ by the use of the spyware.

“The government is asked to simply answer in “yes” or “no” on whether the Government of India, or any of its ministry and agencies, had officially purchased Pegasus spyware weapon or not. But, no one from the government is replying. In Parliament also nobody answered this question.