New Delhi: Controversy over the alleged use of spyware pegasus to target the government’s political opponents have returned to the front of the budget session, with the opposition attached to the claim of the US newspaper that the acquisition of espionage tools was part of the $ 2- Agreement billion signed with Israel in 2017.
Opposition quotes A report on the New York Times, which said that a powerful tool, developed by the NSO Group, which is used to peek through the cellphone, is part of the “Weapon package and advanced gear intelligence worth around $ 2 billion with Pegasus and missile systems as centrepieces “It was agreed during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel in 2017.
The government refused to comment on charges.
However, the sources tried to play a problem that said it was waiting with the Supreme Court, which had ordered an investigation.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi immediately confiscated on a report to accuse the government of the treason.
“The Modi government buys pegasus to spy on our main democratic institutions …
politicians, public officials and governments, opposition leaders, armed forces, just targeted by telephone-tapping.
This is a betrayal,” he said.
Coming on the night of a budget session, claims in the US every day may see new confrontations in parliament about this problem.
In fact, the opposition leader at Rajya Sabha, Congress Malikarjun Kharge, indicated as many as possible, said the government had plugged in demand for an investigation into allegations of illegal use of Israeli surveillance tools to target opposition leaders.
NSO, Israeli companies that have developed Pegasus software, have stated that it is sold to government institutions and not in private entities.
However, the government did not seem to be confused.
Meanwhile, refraining formally responding to the accusation, the source shows that the SC-Constitutional Committee has investigated the allegations and has issued public notifications that are looking for responses from all related.
“People must work with the panel and wait for court responses to findings,” said the source with anonymity requirements.
Restraint of tracking disputes carried out by the government last year at the Supreme Court where he directed clearly to confirm or deny whether it had purchased spyware from Israel or other sources.
In August, Lawyer General Tushar Mehta explained to the court in detail the reason for his reluctance to make the acquisition of Pegasus and other tools as a matter of public debate.
Said that the government used varying software to intercept communication to track terrorist activities and conspiracies with hostile troops to the country, Mehta said on August 17: “The nature of the software cannot be disclosed because it will prove national security.” The NYT report, which refers to several countries from Mexico to Poland, Hungary and the UAE and the FBI to buy cyber tools, suggest that a stronger bond between the two countries is because Modi is in power, along with “packages”, and for India choose Israel on the economic council and The Social UN to block observer status grants to Palestinian human rights organizations.
SG has notified the APEX court in August: “For national security purposes and fighting terrorism, various software is used.
The applicant wants the government to divulge which software is used and that is not used.
This moment of information is disclosed, the terror network can take steps Pre-emptive or corrective.
“Refusing to place relevant details in a written statement, Mehta said that the government did not have anything to hide and would share everything with the committee.” This cannot be a matter of written statement and public debate, “he said Categorically.
According to media reports, Rahul, along with Prashant Kishor poll experts and former Sector Commissioners of Ashok Lavasa, are among those who have the potential to be targeted to use Pegasus, but can not be convincingly proven.
“Target” which reportedly included it and the Minister of Communication Ashwini Vaishaw, although he was not a member of the government at the time.
At the press conference, Kharge said when the center plugged into the debate in Pegasus, the lead for the washout of the final session, it was clear that the BJP government had something to hide.
“They speak lying in parliament,” Kharge said, while challenging the government to submit a defamation case against the New York Times if Revelation was not wrong.