Rajya Sabha MP and senior Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil alleged that the “revelations” in the report imply that the government “misled” the Supreme Court and Parliament on the issue.”Why @narendramodi is silent? It is @PMOIndia’s duty to clarify. New York Times revelations today that It did indeed subscribe by payment from tax payers money of ? 300 crores to spyware Pegasus sold by Israeli NSO company,” he tweeted.”This implies our Govt misled Supreme Court & Parliament,” Gohil said.Youth Congress chief Srinivas B V also cited the media report and tweeted, “Hence Proved! Chowkidar Hi Jasoos Hai..”In a tweet, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi alleged the spyware was used not for defence purposes but to snoop on opposition and journalists.”If there is BJP, it is possible. They have made the country into a Bigg Boss show,” she said in a tweet in Hindi.BJP MP Subramanian Swamy said, “Modi government must rebut New York Times revelations today that It did indeed subscribe by payment from tax payers money of ? 300 crores to spyware Pegasus sold by Israeli NSO company.”This implies prima facie our Govt misled Supreme Court and Parliament. Watergate?” he tweeted.An international investigative consortium had claimed last year that many people including Indian ministers, politicians, activists, businessmen and journalists were potentially targeted by the NSO Group’s phone hacking software.The Supreme Court had set up a three-member independent expert panel to probe the alleged use of Pegasus for targeted surveillance in India.The government had denied all allegations made against it in the matter.
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