Opposition's Message To Centre Ahead Of Final Week Of Monsoon Session

Sunday, 8 August 2021Newsdesk

With just a week to go before parliament's Monsoon Session ends, Trinamool Congress's Derek O'Brien demanded today that Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the proceedings and listen to the demands of the opposition, which has been clamouring for a discussion on the Pegasus spyware row, the farmers' issues and several others. Mr O'Brien tweeted a three-minute video of various opposition parties pushing their in parliament, captioned "Mr Modi come listen to us".

New Delhi, 08 August 2021

As per news report of NDTV, So far, the Prime Minister has attended parliament once for the opening remarks and to introduce the new ministers. The proceedings were interrupted and PM Modi, irked, said the house should "treat the ministers as introduced". The monsoon session had been hobbled since it started on July 19, a day after a global media consortium reported about the illegal use of spyware in several nations. In India, the spyware could have been used on political leaders, journalists, bureaucrats and court officials, a former election commissioner and others, reported the news portal "The Wire". Around 300 numbers were found on a list of suspected surveillance targets, "The Wire" reported. Forensic analysis of some of the phones has found traces of hacking, it said.

Source -NDTV