"Pegasus An Attack On India's Democracy": CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechury

Sitaram Yechury: "What are we asking...whether the government or any of its agency has contracted the NSO for the use of military spyware Pegasus"

The CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury today attacked the Centre for stonewalling any discussion on the Pegasus controversy in Parliament and said not just privacy of individuals but India's democracy was at stake. "What are we asking...whether the government or any of its agency has contracted the NSO for the use of military spyware Pegasus...The government has to be accountable to parliament but refuses to answer this question," Mr Yechury said. "This is not an attack on the fundamental right of privacy of individuals. This is an attack on democracy itself and that is the most dangerous aspect of it. But the government is just refusing to be accountable. This has become a no data government or a government of lies," he added. Instead of focusing on Covid and the economy which are hurting the people, the BJP is "virtually inviting the third wave of Covid," Mr Yechury said.