Pegasus Spyware Scandal: PM Modi ‘Hit Soul Of India's Democracy’ By Using Pegasus, Says Rahul Gandhi

Prime Minister Modi "inserted a weapon in our phones", used it to "hit the soul of India's democracy" & now the government is trying to silence opposition demands for a discussion in Parliament, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on July 28. Gandhi was addressing reporters after a meeting of 14 opposition parties. Meeting took place to plan out a strategy to take on the government over the Pegasus scandal, which has led to protests in & forced repeated adjournments of the monsoon session of Parliament. "The entire opposition is here... our voice is being curtailed in Parliament. We are only asking if the Pegasus software was bought and if it was used against certain persons in India," Gandhi said. Gandhi also responded to accusations the Congress is "not letting parliament run”.

Rahul Gandhi’s name is on the list of alleged surveillance targets. Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, who was part of the meeting, stressed the opposition is "united in our stand to protect issues of national security, democracy and farmers' welfare".

Apart from the Congress and the Shiv Sena, the CPI and CPM, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the AAP, the DMK, the NCP, the National Conference and the Samajwadi Party took part in the meeting. Trinamool Congress, which has announced a first (and so far only) judicial inquiry into the Pegasus scandal, was absent. Although MP Derek O'Brien later said the opposition is "100 per cent united", and that the Congress had been told of his party's absence on July 28. Watch the video to know more.