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Spyware Pegasus, which is sold by the NSO Group of Israel, may have been used to conduct surveillance on about 300 Indians, including two serving Cabinet ministers at the Centre, three opposition leaders, a Constitutional authority, government officials, scientists and about 40 journalists,
The government on Sunday categorically denied any unauthorized surveillance saying official agencies have a well established protocol for interception, which includes sanction and supervision of highly ranked officials at the Centre and states for clearly stated reasons only in national interest.
The details of the snooping report created ripples on Twitter, with many comparing it with Watergate scandal involving former US president Richard Nixon.
Phones of ministers, opposition leaders, journalists, activists, constitutional authorities, scientists, & rights a… https://t.co/W5rmmJBXYs
— Dr. Shama Mohamed (@drshamamohd) 1626668638000
For a crime of a similar nature, Richard Nixon had to resign for watergate scandals. But then, US is a democracy!#pegasus
— Deeksha Nitin Raut (@DeekshaNRaut) 1626668792000
It will be sensible if the Home Minister tells Parliament that Modi Government has nor had any involvement with the… https://t.co/Pe2k1UP5LO
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) 1626659556000
‘PM is listening’
Now at least nobody will complain ki “Modi jee humein sun nahin rahe hain.” ?
— Ismat Ara (@IsmatAraa) 1626683084000
If He has gotren away snooping on a young woman, snooping of his own Ministers, judges, opposition, journalists is… https://t.co/YsnbibFHaY
— Priya Yadav (@priyapyadav18) 1626607134000
‘Lamest defense ever’
Hon’ble Min MeitY read out what was probably lamest statement EVER in Lok Sabha in defence of Pegasus leak.Come o… https://t.co/pmPQ1zaeK3
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) 1626692627000
‘The expose is a damp squib’
This so called #PegasusProject expose is such a damp squib!
— Shefali Vaidya. ?? (@ShefVaidya) 1626667910000
Look at the disclaimer in these reports Of #PegasusProject “The presence of a phone no in the data does not rev… https://t.co/G628MrconM
— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) 1626682837000
So the Pegasus story is that there is an excel list with phone numbers and some of them belong to journalists. And… https://t.co/Y6JQubhw6t
— Opinion Bakery (@IndiaSpeaksPR) 1626628750000
Imagine
Imagine snooping on a prominent virologist and still managing to completely muck up the handling of the second wave.
— Asmita Bakshi (@asmitabee) 1626697235000
‘Modi as PM is mockery of democracy’
Phones of then-Congress President, sitting Election Commissioner, a woman who accused Chief Justice of India of sex… https://t.co/gNy1L9YVBc
— Saket Gokhale (@SaketGokhale) 1626696530000
‘2019 elections were not fair’
Let’s be clear – 2019 elections were not free & fair elections. The people of India have been CHEATED.Pass it on.#PegasusSnoopgate
— Hasiba | حسيبة ? (@HasibaAmin) 1626695348000
‘Attack on right to privacy’
The #Pegasus revelations are abhorrent. If true, the Modi government seems to have launched a grave and sinister at… https://t.co/8M47vZHXwr
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) 1626682416000
‘GOI accepts it spied’
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad ji said “If over 40 countries are using #Pegasus, why target only India?” This means that… https://t.co/hcKbJqFrSU
— Tehseen Poonawalla Official ?? (@tehseenp) 1626697531000
‘How come Rahul Gandhi knew beforehand’
Rahul Gandhi knew (atleast) 2 days in advance about alleged snooping & #Pegasus non-sense, foolishly activated darb… https://t.co/VfGc1SOQSy
— Vikrant ~ विक्रांत (@vikrantkumar) 1626668764000
‘Gandhis have a knack of snooping’
How many of you are aware that IB reports about Subhas Bose were shown by the British to Mahatma Gandhi? The Gandhi… https://t.co/Jk5DUPgawf
— Anuj Dhar (@anujdhar) 1626701778000
‘Government can’t run away from answers’
“Big Brother” is watching you! 40 journalists, 3 top Opposition leaders, 1 Constitutional authority, 1 SC judge,… https://t.co/71H3QbuYi9
— K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) 1626668754000
Seems (pega)sus #Pegasus #PegasusSpyware #PegasusSnoopgate https://t.co/z2XSYuWcSe
— Sanitary Panels (@sanitarypanels) 1626691632000
‘Snooping is priority’
When thousands of migrant workers were walking home with bleeding feetWhen healthcare workers were begging for PP… https://t.co/3AXnr3ljZc
— Rohan Gupta (@rohanrgupta) 1626697534000
‘Why no surveillance in Ladakh to stop Chinese army’
When they needed to do surveillance in Ladakh and stop the Chinese from occupying Indian territory, @PMOIndia was c… https://t.co/I86sKhKQjg
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) 1626690520000
‘Investigation needed’
There should be 3 levels of investigation into the #Pegasus spying scandal. The 1st should be led by the UNHRC as… https://t.co/avnZsPPHTR
— Tenzing Lamsang (@TenzingLamsang) 1626664326000
Just like Panama papers leak & Paradise papers leak, there is not going to be any investigation on #PegasusProject… https://t.co/aUeV2r82Xx
— Gaurav Pandhi (@GauravPandhi) 1626663484000
‘Role of NIA should be probed’
Since NSO claims it sells Pegasus only with government organisations, and that most of the victims of snooping are… https://t.co/BhMP5SV0RJ
— Savukku_Shankar (@savukku) 1626631098000
The most shocking bit
Surveillance on Opposition figures like Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor, Abhishek Banerjee and EC Ashok Lavasa as wel… https://t.co/LJxyO6ezy1
— Aditya Menon (@AdityaMenon22) 1626694928000
Why be a hypocrite
Sharing a tweet by @pbhushan1 where he fully supports leaked chats!!#Pegasus https://t.co/RvXoxUyu8o
— Priti Gandhi – प्रीति गांधी (@MrsGandhi) 1626671100000
‘Is this Hinduphobia?’
All most all of them were Hindus, whose phones were being snooped in India. Is this also Hinduphobia? #Pegasus
— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) 1626682474000
‘Media is not showing truth’
Biggest problem with liberals is that they actually believe that their media is showing them the truth. What they… https://t.co/42pvk9WXO6
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) 1626664064000
