New Delhi: Opposition dropped hard on the Modi government after the New York Times (NYT) report claimed that the government bought Pegasus Spyware in 2017 as part of an agreement with Israel.
The NYT report signaled that spyware Pegasus and the missile system were “centerpieces” from an agreement of around $ 2 billion for weapons and intelligence between India and Israel in 2017.
The report was also called PM Narendra Modi visit to Israel in July 2017 – to become the Indian Prime Minister First visit the country.
MP Congress Rahul Gandhi brought to Twitter and accused the mod to “betrayal.” He accused him of buying Pegasus to spy on “our democratic institutions, leaders and public”.
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Their countries have approved the sale of sophisticated and year weapons packages, lines erupted over the Israeli spyware which is thought to be used for targeted supervision in India.
The International Investigation Consortium has claimed last year many people including the Minister of India, politicians, activists, employers and journalists have the potential to be targeted by NSO telephone hacking software.
The government, however, rejected the allegations of all types of supervision on its parts in certain people, said it “does not have a concrete base or truth associated with it”.
In October last year, the Supreme Court established an independent panel of 3 members to investigate the alleged use of the Israeli spyware for targeted supervision in India, observing the country could not get “free pass”.
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There was no direct response from the government when approached by the news agency.
Other leaders of the opposition have also vocal against the government after the NYT report.
Opposition leader at Rajya Sabha Malikarjun Kharge said on Twitter, “Why does Modi Govt acts like Indian enemies and use weapons against Indian citizens?” Rajya Sabha MP and the leader of the Senior Congress Shaktisinh Gohil accused that “Revelation” in the report implies that the government “misleads” the Supreme Court and Parliament on this issue.
In a tweet, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi accuses spyware is used not for defense purposes but to lurking opposition and journalists.
“If there is a BJP, it’s possible.
They have made the country a Bigg boss shows,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.
BJP MP Subramanian Swamy accused the government to mislead the Supreme Court for Pegasus’s problems.
The Modi Government must deny the Revelation of the New York Times today that it is indeed subscribed to payment from taxpayers …
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The government has denied all allegations that contradict it in this matter.
(With input from PTI)