BHU's NSUI President kept under police surveillance in his hostel room during PM's visit to Varanasi
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University’s (BHU) NSUI President Rana Rohit was on Thursday kept under surveillance in his hostel room by police during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Banaras.
A picture of Rana reading a Newspaper while a police constable also sitting with him in his hostel room went viral across social media platforms.
Several politicians and journalists shared the image and condemned the move by the UP Government.
The official Twitter handle of UP Congress also shared the photos of Rana sitting in his room with a police constable adding that asking questions was a part of Kashi’s culture but a public representative had come to Kashi who was scared of questions students would pose to him.
PM Modi was on an official visit to his constituency Varanasi on Thursday.
ये तस्वीर BHU के एक छात्रावास की है। ये कमरा NSUI के अध्यक्ष राणा को आवंटित है। इन्हें पुलिस के पहरे में रखा गया है। उधर राणा कुछ पढ़ रहे हैं, सामने पुलिस बैठी है, क्योंकि बनारस में बनारस के सांसद और देश के प्रधानमंत्री मोदी आ रहे हैं। बताइए ये हालत देश के विश्वविद्यालयों की है। pic.twitter.com/gGx5ojeTR6
— Shyam Meera Singh (@ShyamMeeraSingh) July 7, 2022
सवाल करना काशी की परंपरा है,
— UP Congress (@INCUttarPradesh) July 7, 2022
काशी ने आदिगुरु शंकराचार्य से प्रश्न किया है, महात्मा बुद्ध से प्रश्न किया है और सभी महापुरुषों ने प्रेमपूर्वक उत्तर भी दिए हैं।
आज एक ऐसा प्रतिनिधि काशी पहुंचा है जो सवालों से भयभीत होकर प्रश्नकर्ता छात्रों को नज़रबंद करवा रहा है,
धिक्कार है! pic.twitter.com/fxNfYraUbW
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Will SC conduct further inquiry, asks Surjewala after Pegasus spyware case verdict in US
New Delhi, Dec 22: Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala on Sunday claimed that the Pegasus spyware case verdict in the US proved how 300 WhatsApp numbers of Indians were targeted and asked if the Supreme Court would now conduct a further inquiry in view of the judgment.
Surjewala shared a media report which said that, for the first time, a court in the US had held Israel's NSO Group liable for its intrusive spyware Pegasus.
"The Pegasus spyware case verdict proves how 300 WhatsApp numbers of Indians were targeted in the illegal spyware racket," Surjewala said in a post on X.
He said it was time for the Narendra Modi government to answer who the 300 names targeted were.
"Who are the two Union ministers? Who are the three opposition leaders? Who is the constitutional authority? Who are the journalists? Who are the business persons? What information was retrieved by the BJP government and agencies? How was it used - misused and to what consequence?" the Congress leader asked.
He also questioned if appropriate criminal cases would now be lodged against the political executive or officers in the present government and the company owning NSO.
"Will the Supreme Court take note of the judgment of the US court in Meta v/s NSO? Will the Supreme Court proceed to make public the report of the Committee of Technical Experts on Pegasus Spyware, submitted to it in 2021-22?" Surjewala said.
Questioning if the Supreme Court would now conduct a further inquiry in view of the judgment affirming the targeting of 1,400 WhatsApp numbers, including 300 from India, he asked, "Will the Supreme Court now ask Meta to submit to itself the 300 names to meet the ends of justice in the Pegasus case?"
"Shouldn't Facebook (now Meta) now have responsibility to release the names of 300 Indians targeted by Pegasus, considering WhatsApp and Facebook have the biggest subscriber base in India and they have 'duty of care and disclosure' to its clients in India?" the Congress leader asked.
