Pegasus row | No unauthorised snooping was done, insists Centre
The Hindu
Response comes amid Opposition leaders moving privilege motion against IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
Amid several Opposition leaders moving a privilege motion against Union Minister for IT and Telecom Ashwini Vaishnaw over the , the government has continued to stress that no ‘unauthorised snooping’ was done. However, it has not come out and denied the use or purchase of the Pegasus software.
When the controversy first broke out in July last year, Mr. Vaishnaw told Parliament that if the issue was looked at “through the prism of logic, it clearly emerges that there is no substance whatsoever behind this sensationalism.”
The response followed a news report over the alleged use of Israeli firm NSO Group’s Pegasus software to snoop on journalists, politicians and activists worldwide, including in India. The company had stated that its product was used “exclusively by government intelligence and law enforcement agencies to fight crime and terror.”
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