Against the backdrop of proceedings being disrupted by opposition parties in Parliament over the Pegasus snoopgate controversy, Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of the snooping row, saying that “mistrust and confrontation” between the Central government and the opposition over important issues had stalled the functioning of Parliament.
She further said that the country was “worried” about the Centre not ordering a probe into the “Pegasus espionage scandal”.
Through a tweet on Thursday, Mayawati said, “The ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament is not going on properly due to mistrust and huge confrontation between the government and the opposition on most important issues of the country, public interest and farmers etc. The Pegasus espionage scandal has also been very hot, yet the Centre is not ready to investigate this issue. The entire country is worried about the Centre's attitude."
In another tweet, Mayawati posted, "In such a situation, the BSP requests the Supreme Court to take cognisance of this well-known Pegasus espionage controversy in the country and get it investigated under its supervision so that the truth about it can come before the public."