Payyavula Keshav faults House panel for accusing Chandrababu govt of using Pegasus

Anantapur, July 7: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman and TDP MLA Payyavula Keshav on Thursday alleged that the House Committee formed by Assembly Speaker Tammineni Sitaram is accusing previous Chandrababu government of using Pegasus for snooping on YSRCP, the then Opposition party.
 
In a Zoom conference here, Payyavula asked House Committee to inform people whether they have evidence to prove that the TDP government had purchased spyware to keep watch on rival political leaders and to gauge mood of voters, who are sympathisers to the YSRCP.  
 
The TDP leader alleged that the YSRCP government purchased malware from a private firm for keeping tab on ministers, ruling party MLAs, and employees of Sakshi daily newspaper. He demanded that the Jagan government should order audit on security equipment purchased by them and money spent on snooping rivals. “Why no TDP MLA was included in the House Committee,” he asked the Assembly Speaker.