Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister of Home Union Amit Shah had to clarify about the problems of convincing several people, including journalists, through the Israeli spyware pegasus.
This shows “the government and state government are weak”, said Raut to reporters in New Delhi.
“There is an atmosphere of fear among people.
PM and the Minister of Home Affairs must overcome this problem and clarify,” said Rajya Sabha’s member.
An international media consortium on Sunday reported that more than 300 cell phone numbers were verified, including the two ministers who served, more than 40 journalists, three opposition leaders and one judge sitting in addition to a number of people and activists in India could be targeted to hack through the Israeli spyware only sold to government institutions.
The government, however, rejected the allegations of all kinds of supervision on its part in certain people, said it “does not have a concrete base or truth associated with it”.
Raut said he had spoken with opposition leaders at Rajya Sabha Malikarjun Kharge and this problem would look at home, among other problems, during the Monsoon Parliament session.
“There was a problem of telephone tapping in Maharashtra, which was raised by the Head of the State Congress Nana Patole.
The police senior official involved and the probe into it was ongoing.
But in this case, a foreign company is listening to phone calls from our people, especially.
Journalists.
It is a serious problem, “said Head of Sena Sena’s head.
“I will not be surprised if the telephone Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray is also tapped,” he said.