PM Modi “Hit Soul Of India’s Democracy” By Using Pegasus: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: Prime Minister “Insert weapons on our mobile”, use it to “hit Indian democracy” and now the government tries to silence the opposition demands for discussions in parliament, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday.
Mr. Gandhi discussed reporters after meeting 14 opposition parties – meetings to wear a strategy to take the government over the Pegasus telephone hacking scandal, which has triggered protests, and forcing repeated delays, parliamentary sessions. ,

“All the opposition is here … our sound is being limited in parliament. We only ask whether Pegasus software is purchased and if it is used against certain people in India,” Gandhi said.

“I want to ask people – there are Narendra Modi weapons planted on your cellphone … used against opposition leaders, journalists, activists … if there is no discussion in parliament?”

“… If we (opposition) agree there will be no discussion about Pegasus … the problem will be buried … until when Pegasus is not discussed in parliament, we will go everywhere,” he said.

For congress accusations is “not allowing parliament to walk”, Mr. Gandhi – whose name is in the list of suspected supervision targets – said: “They say we disturb parliament (but) we want to fulfill our responsibilities and this is contrary to the democracy process.”

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, which is part of the meeting today, emphasizing the opposition is “United in our stand to protect national security problems, democracy and farmer welfare”.

“Like Rahulji explained, the government has used this weapon as another arrow of democracy and we will not support it. This must be discussed in parliament,” he said, showing that the statement – as it was read by Minister IT Ashwini Vaishnaw – not a discussion.

Apart from Congress and Shiv Sena, CPI and CPM, Rashtriya Janata Dal, AAP, DMK, NCP, National Conference and the Samajwadi Party took part in today’s meeting.

The leaders of the 14 opposition parties meet today to speak strategies for the hacking line of Pegasus Phones

A number of smaller political clothing – Muslim League, revolutionary socialist party, Kerala Congress, and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi – also take part.

Trinamool congress – who has announced the first judicial investigation (and so far) into Pegasus accusations – no, even though MP Crane O’Brien then said the opposition was “100 percent United”, and that the Congress had done it told about his party’s absence today.

Mamata Banerjee, the niece and Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee also among potential targets, met the Prime Minister in Delhi yesterday and pitched for the Supreme Court investigation.

Mr. Gandhi attended a similar meeting – Lok Sabha’s opposition leader – on Tuesday.

Today’s meeting came after the Prime Minister Modi slammed the congress to “not allowing the Parliament Run”. He accused the opposition intentionally rejecting the effort to complete the deadlock.

Lok Sabha postponed nine times yesterday and Rajya Sabha five times.

Today’s meeting was also after seven opposition parties wrote to President RAM Nath Kovind on Tuesday, asking him to direct the government to discuss Pegasus and Farmers’ protests in parliament.

The letter was signed by the Bahujan Party of Jajj, Mayawati, Rashtriya Locate Party, Akali Dal, National Conference, and CPI and CPIM, and NCP Sharad Pawar.

The congress is not the signatory to the letter.

However, he insisted that the government had to be blamed for non-function parliament, because it did not approve the opposition request of the “United” party for discussion about Pegasus’s problems.

The government has, so far, rejects the probe into the accusation of Pegasus, requiring supervision of the allegations it cannot be given a check and balance in the country’s legal framework.