New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s demand for a court-monitored inquiry into snooping allegations linked to the Pegasus spyware reports was rejected today by the government. The Congress MP has alleged that his own phone was tapped.
Rahul demanded the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah, claiming that none other than the Prime Minister and the HM could have authorised the alleged snooping using the Pegasus spyware.
“Pegasus is classified by the Israeli State as a weapon and that weapon is supposed to be used against terrorists and criminals. The Prime Minister and the Home Minister have used this against the Indian state and against our institutions,” Rahul told the press outside Parliament.
Rahul added: “They have used it politically, they’ve used it in Karnataka, they’ve used it to scuttle probes, they’ve used it against the Supreme Court, they have used it against all the institutions of this country. The only word for this is treason. There is no other word for this.”
Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till Monday over protests by Opposition parties over the Pegasus row.
It all started after Trinamool Congressās Santanu Sen was suspended from the Parliamentās Monsoon Session on Friday, a day after he snatched and tore the Pegasus statement of IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in the Rajya Sabha.