Opposition rages in the country over Pegasus espionage issue, Parliament stalled

The phones of Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishore and two other ministers were tapped

Congress, Akali Dal, BSP and other parties stall in Parliament for two hours over farmers' agitation, phone tapping, inflation

Hacking happens despite changing mobile five times: Prashant Kishor We have no hand in hacking and phone tapping: Govt

Phone tapping issue rises to discredit India: Amit Shah resigns as Home Minister for spying on phone tapping: Congress

New Delhi: The controversy over phone tapping of several leaders, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Prashant Kishor, has reached Parliament. During the monsoon session in Parliament, the Opposition raised the issue of phone tapping and demanded the resignation of the Home Minister. According to the report, the phone was tapped from the Pegasus software of the Israeli company NSO which contained the numbers of 300 people.

According to media reports, the phone tapping was revealed by Israeli software Pegasus. The list also includes Rahul Gandhi. The 300 Indians whose numbers have been tapped in the NSO list include Rahul, Prashant Kishore, IT and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, Union Minister Prahladsinh Patel, while other leaders include former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's PS numbers.

Not only that, there are 300 Indians including Union Minister Smriti Irani, OSD Sanjay Kachru. The number of Pravin Togadia of Vishwa Hindu Parishad was also tapped by this spyware. Among others, Jagdeep Chokhar, founder of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), Gagandeep Kang, the country's top virologist, and a woman who had leveled allegations against former Supreme Court Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi were also targeted.

The matter, on the other hand, caused a stir in Parliament. The Congress had demanded the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah. Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala had accused Rahul Gandhi's Modi government of spying. While Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the report was being spread to derail the development journey.

A certain section is spreading reports of such phone tapping to discredit India internationally. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav dismissed the phone tapping report in Parliament as false. Former Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the NSO itself had said that we provide Pegasus software to 45 countries, which is why India was targeted.

Meanwhile, the agitation of farmers in Congress, SP, BSP and Akali Dal in the Parliament, raised the issue of inflation in Parliament. Raising the issue of introduction of ministers in the Lok Sabha, PM Modi said that the new ministers are being introduced.

The riots show an anti-woman mentality and this is the first time such a thing has been seen in Parliament. Parliament, on the other hand, was adjourned for two hours following the commotion. When Prashant Kishor said that I changed my mobile five times but the hacking is still going on.

Ashwini Vaishnavism denies allegations of espionage

Surprising reports of phone tapping just before the start of the session

Phone tapping is not possible as there are rules in India

New Delhi: The country has been rocked by a report on phone tapping and espionage from an international media organization. On the very first day of the monsoon session of Parliament, the report caused a stir in the House and Union Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnav had to clarify it. He has denied the allegations of espionage by phone tapping.

Ashwini Vaishnav said in the Lok Sabha that the data had nothing to do with espionage. The reports that have been submitted in this regard are misleading. There is no basis for such allegations. Such allegations have been made before. The NSO has already denied such allegations.

He said the report is sensational. Besides, it has no breath. The Union Communications Minister said that India has a clear process to intercept anything like this. International media reports claimed that the phones of many Indian journalists, leaders and others were hacked through the use of Pegasus software.

International media reports have claimed that the spying was carried out by the government. Due to the report before the monsoon session of Parliament, there was a possibility of a large-scale commotion in the House. The Opposition demanded that it be discussed in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

Many MPs, including CPI leader Vinay Vishwam, RJD leader Manoj Jha and Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh, raised the issue. Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, on the other hand, scoffed at the government by tweeting.

The international media has claimed that the phones of more than 40 journalists have been hacked. Babal Mache is now likely to be on it. This is a case of phone hacking. A report on Sunday night claimed that the phones of about 300 people in India had been hacked with the help of Israeli software Pegasus. This includes journalists, ministers, leaders, businessmen and others involved in public life. The report is published by 16 media companies around the world, including the Washington Post.

Amazon closed Pegasus' company account

WASHINGTON: Amazon Web Services (AWS) has shut down a linked account with infrastructure and NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance firm that sells Pegasus spyware, a move revealed in a global collaborative investigation project. Number of more than 300 persons is then taken.

"As soon as we learned of this type of activity, we shut down the infrastructure and accounts associated with it," an AWS spokesman told Motherboard. Among them were two ministers of the Narendra Modi government of India and three leaders of the opposition, a constitutional authority, some journalists and businessmen.