Day 2 of Monsoon Session: There is a possibility of uproar in both the houses of Parliament over the Pegasus report of phone hacking.
The first day of the monsoon session of Parliament turned into a ruckus. After this, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla adjourned the proceedings till 11 am on Tuesday. Something similar happened in the Rajya Sabha as well. Today media report on Pegasus project regarding phone hacking can become a reason for uproar in both the houses. Regarding this, Congress MP Manickam Tagore has given notice for an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha, while Aam Party MP Sanjay Singh has given notice for discussion in the Rajya Sabha in zero hour.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also going to hold an all-party meeting today at 6 pm. In this meeting, the government can give a presentation in front of the opposition regarding the preparations for Corona. The government may share a roadmap regarding further preparations for vaccination. Along with this, the preparations for the third wave of Corona can also be discussed in the meeting.
On the first day there was an uproar over the Pegasus Report
The opposition surrounded the government regarding the Corona Management, the farmers' movement, the rising prices of diesel-petrol and the Rafale aircraft case. Even before the government could recover, there was a lot of uproar in the case of Israeli spyware Pegasus phone spying. Later, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav came forward to represent the government. Amit Shah and Ravi Shankar Prasad also targeted the opposition. After the names of Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Prashant Kishor also appeared in the list, the opposition demanded Amit Shah's resignation.
Report claims - Modi's ministers are also under hacking
The report said that not only Congress leaders but also the phones of Union Culture Minister Prahlad Patel and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, who defended the government in Parliament, were hacking targets. Among the names mentioned in the report, these are the prominent ones.
1. The phones of Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, were also included in this list.
2. The name of IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, who defended the government in Parliament, was also included in this list.
3. The name of election strategist Prashant Kishor has also been mentioned in this list. It was he who branded Modi in 2004.
4. The name of former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa is also included in this list, who had disagreed with the Election Commission's decision on the complaint against Modi-Shah in the 2009 elections.
Spying on journalists abroad
According to the report, Pegasus clients in different parts of the world spy on journalists who have been exposing the government's failures or criticizing its decisions. From Asia to America, many countries spied on journalists through Pegasus or kept them on watch lists. The names of some countries of the world have also been given in the report, where the eyes of the government are on journalists. Topping the list is Azerbaijan, where 48 journalists were on a government watch list. In India this figure is 38.
How many journalists in which country
- Azerbaijan - The government is monitoring at least 48 journalists uncovering repression and corruption in the country.
- Morocco - At least 38 journalists are on the watch list for criticizing the government's corruption and human rights violations.
- UAE - At least 12 journalists are being monitored, including the editor of the Financial Times and an investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal.
- India - 38 journalists, including critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, were being monitored in the country.
- Apart from these, governments in Mexico, Hungary, Bahrain, Kazakhstan and Rwanda also spied on journalists.
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