New Delhi: Minister of Junior’s external affairs Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday said Pegasus controversy was related to the parliamentary committee report led by him which examined the Protection Bill of Personal Data, and was an attempt to prevent the law.
He said the controversy time was to encourage parliament into interference.
The report has been submitted to Lok Sabha’s speaker and is ready to be adopted by parliament.
“Data protection will be land law.
This is directly related to it.
This is to weaken Indian institutions that such stories float,” he said.
Lekhi said “mythical character” was created to tarnish the country’s image and cite reports that claim that Amnesty International, human rights groups related to the Pegasus project, have said that the Snoop list is not actual but shows that the whole spyware controversy is non-starter.
Amnesty then said it was standing with its original claim.
“This is not a story.
This is a non-starter worldwide because it is based on a less evidence story.
Because the story itself requires forgery and defamation.
Leaking data is a violation and which leads to further complications for people who base stories They are on leaky data.
It only happens in India, “he said.
He said NSO, an Israeli company behind spyware, has denied such a list, Amnesty International has denied this but the opposition disrupts parliament.
“Such narratives are built repeatedly to damage India,” he said.
Asked about opposition requests if the government used spyware, he said such security information was classified.
Asked whether the previous government might buy it, he said these things “exceed their salary value”.