Pegasus raises head once again before Parl session

New Delhi: The spying on Israeli software Pegasus was revealed just before the monsoon session of Parliament last year. The result of that revelation was that the entire session was in turmoil.

The opposition has been demanding a discussion and investigation on the Pegasus case and the government has been happily carrying on with its legislative business.

The opposition worked outside the parliament and the government inside the parliament. The impact of this disclosure was also seen on the next session i.e. winter session.

However, there was little effect as the Supreme Court had announced the formation of a technical committee of experts to probe the matter in October itself.

For this reason, Pegasus was not an issue in the budget session of Parliament in the new year. But before the new session, a new revelation was revealed.

The American newspaper New York Times has reported that Pegasus was also involved in an arms deal worth about Rs 15,000 crore during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel in 2017.

That is, India bought Pegasus software in 2017 itself. If this is true, then it is very likely that the country’s citizens were spied on because in the first revelation of Pegasus, 300 phone numbers were reported to have been hacked. Everyone knows how far the investigation of the committee formed by the Supreme Court will go.

Like the parliamentary committee, this committee will not have the privileges and will be able to investigate as many documents and deals of the government as the government wants to be investigated. So, its results can be predicted in advance.

The opposition is also aware of this, so its uproar will continue. So, one can say that another session is about to start and the stage is set.

There will be allegations and counterallegations from both sides and the end result will be that the opposition MPs will be agitating in the Parliament House complex and the government will be handling all the work smoothly. It will not be surprising if the budget is also passed without discussion.