Eighteen leaders from 14 opposition parties issued a joint statement Wednesday calling for a discussion on the Pegasus spyware issue. You said the Pegasus series had “dimensions of national security”. You said Parliament should consider the matter. They also called for a separate discussion of the agricultural laws after the debate on the Pegasus issue.
In a joint statement, MPs blamed the government for the ongoing disruption in the monsoon session of Parliament over a range of issues dominated by the Pegasus series. They said the government is trying to mislead people by accusing the opposition of causing an uproar in parliament.
WHAT DOES THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE OPPOSUS SAY ABOUT PEGASUS?
In its statement, the opposition said they were “firm and united in their call for a discussion on the Pegasus issue in both houses, to which the Home Secretary replied”. [Amit Shah]because this has dimensions of national security “.
“The opposition has also made it unmistakably clear that the discussion about farmers’ questions and the agitation arising from the three anti-peasant and black agricultural laws should follow the discussion about Pegasus,” the statement said.
The opposition leaders called the government “arrogant and obstinate” and accused it of being the reason for the blockade in parliament. They said the government had “unleashed a misleading campaign to slander the united opposition”.
“It is unfortunate that the government has launched a misleading campaign to slander the united opposition and blame them for the ongoing disruption in parliament. The responsibility for the impasse lies directly with the government, which remains arrogant and obstinate and refuses to accept the opposition’s demand for an informed debate in both houses, “reads the opposition’s joint statement.
“The opposition once again calls on the government to respect parliamentary democracy and to accept the discussions,” it said.
WHO PUBLISHED THE PEGASUS STATEMENT?
The joint statement was made by 18 leaders from 14 opposition parties. They include:
1. Mallikarjun Kharge, opposition leader, Rajya Sabha
2. Sharad Pawar, NCP
3. TR Balu, DMK
4. Anand Sharma, INC
5. Ramgopal Yadav, Sp
6. Derek O’Brien, TMC
7. Sanjay Raut, SS
8. Kalyan Banerjee, TMC
9. Vinayak Raut, SS
10. Tiruchi Shiva, DMK
11. Manoj Jha, RJD
12. Elamaram Kareem, CPI (M)
13. Sushil Gupta, AAP
14. ET Mohd. Basheer, IUML
15. Hasnain Masoodi, NC
16. Binoy Viswam, CPI
17. NK Premachandran, RSP
18. MV Shreyams Kumar, LJD
Since the Beginning of the monsoon session of Parliament, the opposition had called for a discussion of the Pegasus question, claims the spyware was used to spy on opposition leaders, government critics and journalists.
On Wednesday, six Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs were suspended from the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday after causing an uproar that morning over the Pegasus espionage issue. they were asked to retire from the house for the rest of the day.
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