“ If over 45 countries use pegasus, why target just India ?” say BJP.

Former Union IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has questioned why only India is being “targeted” for the use of the spyware when 45 nations are using it. Mr Prasad handled the IT ministry in 2019 when news of surveillance through Pegasus first broke, and had defended the government . This time too, the Centre had stuck to its position  that “no unauthorised interception” had taken place. 

The former minister added a fresh angle to the mix this evening. “If more than 45 nations are using pegasus, like NSO has said, why is only India being targeted?”

Most of the numbers identified in the alleged list of possible targets are from India, Azerbaijan , Bahrain, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Mexico , Morocco, Rwanda , Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates , news portal, the wire has reported.