Chennai: Senior Congress leader and former Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has said only Prime Minister Narendra Modi can answer on behalf of all ministries and departments over the Pegasus snopping issue and asked ‘why is he silent’.
Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt, while replying to a question in Rajya Sabha on Monday, said, “Ministry of Defence has not had any transaction with NSO Group Technologies.’
Reacting to this, Chidambaram tweeted, ‘MoD has “absolved” itself of any deal with the NSO Group, Israel. Assuming, MoD is correct, that takes out one Ministry/Department.What about the remaining half a dozen usual suspects?”
He added: “Only the PM can answer on behalf of ALL ministries/departments. Why is he silent?”