Evasive BJP on Pegasus, to blame for standoff: Congress | India News

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NEW DELHI: On Thursday, Congress blamed the BJP for the standoff in parliament and said the government was avoiding discussing the use of Pegasus spyware because it has a lot to hide. Accusing BJP MPs of collectively insulting Parliament with their conduct during the House Information Technology Panel meeting on Wednesday, which had to be postponed after great drama and some name-calling, Rajya’s MP Sabha Abhishek Singhvi said the opposition would stop protesting if only the government agreed to discuss the use of Pegasus spyware. I am making a proclamation here, you start the discussion in Parliament today and by tomorrow we will discuss everything else. Why are you avoiding Pegasus? Singhvi said. The government does not just hide, it has a lot to hide, it has no answers, it has no reason not to even have a discussion in parliament The government avoids a discussion in parliament because it knows that we’re going to corner them. On Thursday, Congress also convened a joint meeting of its parliamentary groups in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, with key MPs Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Jairam Ramesh, Digvijaya Singh, KC Venugopal, P Chidambaram, Manish Tewari, Manickam Tagore, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Shashi Tharoor, Ambika Soni and K Suresh were present. Kharge said the only opposition demand was for a discussion of Pegasus oversight in Parliament, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Secretary Amit Shah. Pegasus is under discussion in over 50 countries. What to discuss, the Minister of the Interior should come to the House, discuss, give answers to questions. After that, it will be up to us to take further action, he said. We have heard from MPs on future strategies. They want a talk about Pegasus. The presence of the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior is necessary during the discussion. This issue is the responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior. An investigation into Pegasus is underway in other countries, including France and Germany, that why not in India, said the LoP.

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