Will stall Parliament till govt. comes clean on Pegasus: TMC

Party MPs charge IT Minister with misleading House on hacking allegations

The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday said it would not let Parliament function till the government comes clean on the . According to media reports published so far, the phone numbers of , TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and election strategist Prashant Kishor figure on the list of numbers allegedly under surveillance by the spyware Pegasus. “This (Pegasus spyware) is a serious issue and the TMC will not compromise on it. We will not let either House run till this government comes clean on the charges of snooping and surveillance. The government has spent millions to hack into phones at a time when the country is dealing with a pandemic,” TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien said. The party held protests in both Houses of Parliament on the issue earlier in the day. IT and Communications Minister on the use of Pegasus software to snoop on Indians, saying the allegations levelled just ahead of the monsoon session were aimed at maligning Indian democracy.