Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday led opposition charge on the Narendra Modi government with a no-hold-barred attack on the Pegasus snooping scandal.
Calling the alleged snooping using Israeli spyware, an anti-national act, the opposition made it clear that it will not let Parliament function untill there is a discussion on the Pegasus issue.
Gandhi said that the prime minister used the Pegasus weapon on the people of the country and that it is an issue of nationalism for the entire opposition.
Putting direct questions to the government, the united opposition sought to know if the government bought Pegasus spyware to use it against its own people.
"We want to know from Narendra Modi and Amit Shah - why you used this weapon (Pegasus spyware) against India's democratic institutions?"