New Delhi: Former union minister of IT Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday (July 19) refuted the allegations of snooping levelled by the Congress on the federal government following the emergence of the Pegasus report.
Calling it a “new low” for the Congress celebration, Prasad stated the allegations have been baseless.
“BJP strongly refutes, condemns the baseless and bereft of political propriety feedback levelled by Congress towards the BJP. It’s a new low for a celebration that has dominated India for greater than 50 years,” Prasad stated.
Congress has alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Dwelling Minister Amit Shah have been concerned in snooping on Opposition leaders together with Rahul Gandhi, journalists and different residents. The celebration even demanded resignation of Shah.
Responding to the costs, Prasad stated, “Not a shred of proof has come that proves any linkage of BJP or GoI within the Pegasus story. And may we deny that our bodies like Amnesty had a declared anti-India agenda in some ways? If you ask them their funding supply, they are saying it is troublesome to work in India.”
Prasad additionally questioned the timing of the Pegasus report which broke a day earlier than the beginning of the monsoon session of the parliament.
“Was it deliberate to interrupt Pegasus story earlier than Monsoon session to create a brand new environment?” Prasad requested, including, “Why these sorts of questions are raised on the time of vital occasions? Riots have been incited throughout Trump’s go to, Pegasus story was circulated throughout 2019 polls and once more it is within the news when Parliament is in session and when Congress is in a really unhealthy state of affairs.”
The previous minister additional stated, “The corporate (NSO Group) is denying it (findings in Pegasus Mission report) & saying that almost all of its merchandise are being utilized by western nations however India is being focused.”
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