Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said there should be an investigation into the Pegasus issue and everything made public. He also stated that he neither had any intention nor aspiration to become Prime Minister.
“Such things should not be done to disturb and harass people. There should be an investigation into it and whole thing should be made public”, Mr. Kumar told media persons after his weekly programme of ‘janata ke durbar mein mukhyamantri (Chief Minister in people’s court)’.
There had been talk of telephone tapping for so many days and he had been reading it in newspapers as well. “The whole thing should be examined thoroughly from each and every aspect and action taken into it. The whole thing should be made public”, he observed. When asked if the matter should be investigated, he replied, “Of course, it should happen”.
Addressing reporters in Patna, the JD(U) chief also echoed the Opposition’s demand for a discussion on the issue in the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, the report added.
Earlier, West Bengal government had demanded a probe by the Centre and later set up a two-member inquiry commission to probe the Pegasus spyware row.
The panel will probe the “illegal hacking, tracking and recording of mobile phones in West Bengal,” Mamata Banerjee said.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said she had set up the panel as the union government was “reluctant” to probe the Pegasus snooping row.
