New Delhi: A standing parliamentary committee headed by senior Congress leader and MP from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat Shashi Tharoor will discuss the WhatsApp espionage case in its meeting on 20 November. Sources have said on Wednesday that two parliamentary panels led by Congress leaders have decided to investigate the WhatsApp espionage case and will seek information from higher officials of the government, including the Home Secretary.
Shashi Tharoor is the Chief of the Standing Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology. He said in a letter sent to the committee members that the alleged use of technology to spy on Indian citizens is a matter of grave concern and will be discussed in the next meeting of the committee on 20 November. Facebook-owned WhatsApp reported to the Indian government in September that 121 Indian users (users), including the Indian press and human rights activists, were targeted by spyware Pegasus.
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The Ministry of Information and Technology (IT) has argued that the information provided is insufficient. Let us tell you that the WhatsApp spying case has created a new earthquake in the politics of the country, the opposition is engaged in besieging the Modi government. At the same time, leaders like Mamata Banerjee, Priyanka Gandhi have attacked the government, claiming that their mobiles are hacked.
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