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India’s PM Modi accused of ‘treason’ over Pegasus spyware scandal

4 pointsby octupusalmost 4 years ago

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pankajdohareyalmost 4 years ago
Nobody directly accused the PM of treason, the PM is suspect for the circumstantial reasons.<p>1. Pegasus spyware is only sold to Sovereign governments, so clearly some government paid for it. If not the Indian government then its a matter of serious concern if China or other neighbouring countries are spying on Indian citizens.<p>2 Instead of addressing the issue of foreign governments probable spying on Indian citizens, the government blamed the news leak on &quot;western powers&quot; who dont want India to be &quot;developed&quot;.<p>3. The people being surveilled were the leader of the opposition and Chief Justice of the Supreme court and owners of Media houses critical to the government. Which begs a question why are foreign governments interested in survelling the opposition and not the PM himself?<p>4. Governments reaction to the issue, Instead of considering the issue to be a matter of national security and assuring the nation and opposition that due investigation will be done, the government went of the defensive and said &quot;Ohh we didnt do it&quot;.<p>This kind of handling leads to doubts if the government was indeed involved in the spying of its own citizens and opposition leaders.