'Not even a Supreme Court judge was spared, democrats were blown away'- Former IAS on 'hacking' case

  • A major issue of hacking of phones of Indian politicians, journalists and businessmen has come to the fore, although the govt has denied this.
  • It has been claimed by the international media that the phones of the people of India were hacked using Pegasus software.
  • Former IAS officer Surya Pratap Singh wrote on this issue, "Big journalists, leaders of opposition, industrialists, even Supreme Court judges were not spared."
  • Raising the question, he said, "Why all this phone tapping was being done? What was the danger?"
  • He further wrote, "Put a guard on the voice. Twisted the neck of democracy, blew it to pieces, sir."