Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi asked the Centre about the kind of surveillance mechanism in place on the land and sea borders and at international airports to check the entry of contraband.
The parliament is not meant for “reckless politics”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today, responding to Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s allegation that the Centre snoops on politicians with Israeli spyware Pegasus. The minister asked the Congress MP to furnish proof of his claims.
Gogoi sought to know from the Centre about the kind of surveillance mechanism in place on the country’s land and sea borders and at international airports to check the entry of contraband into the country. He was talking about a debate on the drug menace in the country.
He asked the Home Minister about the kind of surveillance and intelligence mechanisms in place to check arms smuggling, human trafficking, and smuggling of animal parts at the India-Myanmar border.
You snoop on us again and again, install Pegasus on our phones and that of the journalists. Tell us how many drug mafias you have caught through Pegasus so far,” Gogoi charged.
Objecting to the remarks, Amit Shah asked for proof of the accusations and said: “He has levelled a very serious allegation that Pegasus has been installed in his mobile. He must submit here the basis (of his accusation) in the House. Either his words are removed or he must submit the basis.”
“The House is for serious discussion, not for reckless politics,” he added.
“He has said (Pegasus was) used on him. He must submit facts. He can’t just talk like that. The rest the Supreme Court has decided,” Shah said, referring to the Supreme Court’s decision on the issue.
