Former IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said there is not "one evidence" which linked Pegasus with the BJP or the Government. Addressing ba press conference here Prasad said presence of phone number data itself do reflect that they were infected by Pegasus spyware. He wondered why the controversy erupted a day before the monsoon session ?
Prasad alleged the controversy was a creation of some people who are not happy with the progress of India under the Modi-Government.He listed Covid-19 management and 'higest FDI' in India as the mark of India's advancement. The former Minister rejected opposition charge of Surveillance saying India has a 'robust legal mechanism' for phone tapping and that too is only for the National security. Prasad qouted a case in the supreme Court where WhatsApp lawyer Kapil Sibal said 'WHATSAPP cannot be hacked by Pegasus" He said Congress is on a decline and the controversy before the Monsoon session is a way to create an agenda by the party.