ALL MY PHONES ARE TAPPED, SAYS RAHUL
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah used the Pegasus spyware against India, its institutions and its democracy, and “the only word for this is treason”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Friday. He also said that every phone he uses is tapped. The former Congress president demanded a Supreme Court monitored probe into the matter and also the home minister’s resignation.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah used the Pegasus spyware against India, its institutions and its democracy, and “the only word for this is treason”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Friday. He also said that every phone he uses is tapped.
The former Congress president demanded a Supreme Court monitored probe into the matter and also the home minister’s resignation. “Pegasus is classified by the Israeli state as a weapon and that weapon is supposed to be used against terrorists. The prime minister and the home minister have used this weapon against the Indian state and our institutions. They have used it politically, they have used it in Karnataka..,” Gandhi told reporters. “The only word for this is treason...,” he said.
The matter has to be investigated as Pegasus has been used against India’s institutions and its democracy, Gandhi said while addressing the media at Vijay Chowk near Parliament.
“Pegasus was used against the Supreme Court, to scuttle the Rafale (fighter jet deal) investigation. Narendra Modi has used this weapon against our country and this can be described only as a treason. “The home minister should resign and a judicial inquiry by the Supreme Court should be conducted on Narendra Modi, as no one else can authorise the use of Pegasus… only the prime minister and home minister can authorise its use,” Gandhi said.
Gandhi, who also participated in a protest on the Pegasus issue with other Opposition leaders in Parliament complex, described himself as an “open book” and said he is not intimidated.
“Let me tell you, I get phone calls from IB people who tap my phone. They call me up and say please be aware we are tapping your phone. “My security people tell me that they have to debrief what I say .... ”