Accusing the Modi government of using Pegasus spyware as a “weapon against the people of India”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday said his phones were being tapped and that his security men had been asked to report on everything he said.
“Every single phone of mine is tapped. I get phone calls from IB (Intelligence Bureau) people who tap my phones. They call me up and say please be aware that I am tapping your phone,” Gandhi claimed, speaking to media persons outside the parliament.
“My security people tell me that they have to debrief what I say. They have to report to their seniors everything I say. So I am under no pretensions that I am not being tapped,” he further said. Gandhi claimed that his friends also get calls asking them to inform the leader that he is being tapped. Gandhi also said that this isn’t a matter of his privacy and that he is “like an open book.”
The Congress leader accused Home Minister Amit Shah of treason and demanded his resignation and a judicial inquiry against PM Narendra Modi. “People call it a snooping software, spyware…but it’s a weapon. Israeli government classifies it as a weapon. And this weapon is used against terrorists and criminals. But our Prime Minister and Home Minister used it against India’s democracy and institutions,” he said.
News Source : Mid Day
