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1 ! ! " #$ % & ' ! ( "! ! " # " $$ ) * ' & ' + & , " + + ! ' * - ! " ,#. -#/ 0 Pegasus scandal erupted intoa fresh controversy onSaturday after the New YorkTimespublished a report claim-ing India bought the Pegasusspyware from Israel as part ofa defence deal in on to the report,the Congress on Saturdaylaunched an all-out attack onthe Government, accusing it ofdeceiving Parliament, dupingthe Supreme Court, hijackingdemocracy, and indulging party, which had ear-lier attacked the ModiGovernment over the Pegasusrow and even stalledParliament, said it intended toraise the issue again in theBudget Session starting nextweek and will demandaccountability from PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andthe BJP Government on thefloor of Congress presi-dent Rahul Gandhi accused theGovernment of treason by tapping phones ofOpposition leaders, Armedforces.

2 And the judiciary usingthe Pegasus spyware. TheModi Government boughtPegasus to spy on our prima-ry democratic institutions,politicians, and functionaries,Opposition leaders, Armedforces, judiciary all were tar-geted by these phone is treason, Rahul said onTw itte to the attacksfrom the Opposition, UnionMinister General VK Singh hitout at the New York Times. Can you trust NYT?? They areknown as Supari Media , hesaid in a tweet. Sources in the Governmentpointed out that the matter isalready with the SupremeCourt.

3 The court has consti-tuted a committee under thesupervision of retired judgeRaveendran. The Oppositionshould wait for the committee sreport (is), sources its part, the Congressurged the Supreme Court totake suo motu cognisance ofthe matter and initiate appro-priate penal proceedingsagainst the Government forattempting to deliberately andknowingly deceive shadow of the Pegasusissue looms large again over the2022 Budget Session as theentire Monsoon Session of2021 was washed out over theissue after the Opposition hadjointly stalled the to a report inThe New York Times.

4 The Israelispyware Pegasus and a missilesystem were the centerpieces of a roughly USD 2-billion dealof sophisticated weapons andintelligence gear between Indiaand Israel in a Press confer-ence here, Congress generalsecretary and chief spokesper-son Randeep Surjewala allegedthe Modi Government deceived Parliament as well as duped the Supreme said the BJP machineryengaged in a massive strategyto also dupe the people of thecountry and it is now clear thatthe BJP Government-led byModi purchased the illegal andunconstitutional spyware fromIsrael and used it againstOpposition leaders, the judicial,the media and its own func-tionaries.

5 They committed an act oftreason ahead of the 2019 LokSabha elections, he alleged. Itis now very clear thatParliament was deceived by theModi Government, theSupreme Court was also dupedand the people of India werelied to by the ModiGovernment and its Ministers, he on Page 2 % !% /1( , the promise of 300units of free electricity,Samajwadi Party chief AkhileshYadav on Saturday lured thevoters with offers ranging fromfood to pension, canteen toKirana victory for theSP-RLD alliance, Akhilesh said, The next big surprise willnot come from Uttar Pradeshbut from Gujarat.)

6 The peopleof UP have made up theirminds to dislodge the BJPfrom power in UP. The Assembly electionsare due in Gujarat later thisyear and the BJP is in power inthe western State for over promised tolaunch Samajwadi Thali priced at 10 for the poor peo-ple and Samajwadi Pension ifhis party formed the nextGovernment. The SP chief alsopromised to start Samajwadicanteen, Samajwadi Kiranastores, restore the old pensionand reopen the closed cycle fac-tory in a joint Pressconference with JayantChowdhary of the RLD atGhaziabad on Saturday,Akhilesh said the alliance isbanking on the politics ofunity, harmony and cohesionwhile the BJP is pursuing thepolitics of division.

7 The BJP claims that theGovernment has provided freefood grain to 80 crore peopleduring the pandemic but theyhide the crucial fact that samenumber of people lost theirjobs, said the SP the red coloursmall grain bag (Ann potli)Akhilesh said the peopleshould show the red colourLPG cylinder to the BJP lead-ers visiting their home fordoor to door campaign. Continued on Page 2 /1( , his guns on theSamajwadi Party, UttarPradesh Chief Minister YogiAdityanath said on Saturday itwas responsible for the killingof hundreds of Hindus in theMuzaffarnagar the people tobeware of the politics ofappeasement, he said voting forthe SP alliance would be aninsult to the innocent killed inthe riots.)

8 The SP people have noright to be in power as theyonly harassed women andfarmers and failed to ensuresecurity for them, the ChiefMinister said while interactingwith the public in Baghpatdistrict on said, More than 60 Hindus were killed and over1,500 Hindus were put behindthe bars during theMuzaffarnagar This isthe identity of SP. Their cap isstained with the blood of inno-cent Ram bhakts. Yogi remarked that SPnever had development-ori-ented thinking.

9 For them,development only meant con-struction of boundary walls ofgraveyards, not development ofinfrastructure like airports,highways, medical colleges andhouses for the poor. He squarely blamed theprevious SP Government forpatronising mafias, goons andterrorists looting money ofpoor and instigating riots inUP. This time these peoplehave made goons and criminalsand those with Talibani mind-set their candidates. TheKairana candidate of the SP stillthreatens people. Lagta hai inkigarmi abhi gayi nahi , he for public sup-port for the Bharatiya JanataParty candidate in Baraut, Yogisaid the period from 2012 to2017 was a period of darkness for Uttar also addressed theissue of women s safety andsaid, How was the situationbefore 2017 in Western UttarPradesh?

10 Women safety was indanger, so much so that girlscould not go to schools andMulayam Singhji would say:boys make mistakes. Theirsympathy is not with womenand youth. Today it is a plea-sure for someone to look attheir sisters and daughters. While interacting with thepublic in Chhaprauli, Yogi saidthe SP used to establish facto-ries of firearms, while the BJPG overnment was getting adefence manufacturing corri-dor built in the State. Earlier, there wereinstances of attacks on Kanwaryatras.