The grand old party, Congress, is down and out. It has failed miserably in playing the role of a constructive opposition. It is falling short on talent, ideas and ideology. Its leaders are deserting the sinking ship and it has no clarity on ideology. It has just reduced itself to a cynical anti-ruling front which has problems on everything under the sun.
Further, every attempt of Congress to corner the Modi government has boomeranged badly on it. Many petty and insane issues cropped by Congress have become a cause of its mockery and humiliating political defeat. Apparently, something similar has happened now. The Supreme Court has thrashed its rhetorical Pegasus boogie.
Supreme Court rules out Pegasus snooping
The three-Judge bench of the Supreme Court has given a massive jolt to the opposition parties. It has rejected the opposition’s claim that the Modi government was spying on certain individuals through a surveillance software called Pegasus. The Special SC bench led by CJI NV Ramana was examining the findings of a report submitted by a 3-member independent committee. It took on record the sealed cover report submitted by the expert panel.
The Supreme Court-appointed expert panel had to probe the allegations of illegal surveillance using Israeli-military graded Pegasus spyware. The 3-member technical panel was overseen by retired Justice R V Raveendran.
Panel report: No proof of Pegasus spyware
The SC said that the panel examined 29 mobile phones and it didn’t find any conclusive proof of Pegasus spyware on the devices. It said that the panel had found malware on 5 devices, but it had no proof that it was due to Pegasus.
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The panel had submitted its technical report in three parts. In one part, it suggested amending the law to protect the right to privacy of citizens and ensure cyber security of the nation.
Part One is the technical report with digital images. Part two includes a report of the technical committee on this matter. The third part is the report of the overseeing judge.
The Court found that the panel report had detailed and sensitive information which was not correct to be disclosed publicly. However, it found that the report of the overseeing judge R V Raveendran is general in nature. It would be uploaded on its website. The bench said it would later see that the redacted part of other reports are provided to the concerned parties.
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The SC-appointed expert panel comprised three experts on cyber security, digital forensics, networks, and hardware. The panel members were Naveen Kumar Chaudhary, Prabaharan P, and Ashwin Anil Gumaste.
This verdict of the Supreme Court has ended the opposition’s pathetic lie spun around the use of a spyware, Pegasus. It has rendered the opposition without any issue. Just like Rafale, the Congress-led opposition used to waive foreign media papers to accuse the Modi government of spying through Israeli software. It made hue and cry as if it had gained the way to “revive” the democracy in the nation.
The fact is that, in democracy, there are ample issues for any sensible opposition. All it needs is a sincere effort to corner the ruling government especially at a time when it has garnered public opinion in its favour. Lending issues from foreign media will not revive the opposition. So, it must shun its lethargic politics and become the voice of people rather than an amplifier for western propaganda.
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