Spokesperson: Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi: He said that friends, by common sense I am mystified, and I am amazed. And I must share with you by what logic, this is happening; I cannot understand, perhaps, we are dimwitted and only the Hon’ble Prime Minister and the Government have all the intelligence. Please consider who is running? Who is hiding? Who is avoiding? Who is prevaricating? Who is fudging on a simple question? It is the Government alone and having done all of this, they are blaming us.

Let me give you a simple example- I asked your question, did you Mr. so and so go to the Parliament today or not? The answer can be only – Yes, I did, or No, I did not. But, your answer is, everybody in law is entitled to go to Parliament, All Indian citizens have the right to go to Parliament. There are four routes to Parliament, all are open to every citizen. Now, when you give that answer, common sense tells you that you are hiding and that you did go to Parliament and did something wrong which you are hiding because you are not answering.

What is the question, we ask, I cannot imagine the simplest question in the world- Did you acquire Pegasus software, and did you use it against any person? If you did, please disclose their names. Now, this question can only be answered by Yes or No and then you can give explanation. But you heard 2-4-6-10 very interesting answers. Answer no.1 is, ‘Ye Conspiracy Hai, Shadyantra Hai’, this is a conspiracy. Answer no.2 by the new appointed MoS Mr. Chandrasekhar- it is a hoax, it is fraud. Answer no.3 by Mr. Amit Shah- I question the timing, I suspect the timing. Answer no.4, it is done just before Parliament session to destabilize the nation. Answer no.5, we will discuss it outside the Parliament, not in Parliament- that is an official answer, I am amazed. We are calling this institution, this building a temple of democracy for nothing. We are not a Parliamentary democracy that you will discuss outside Parliament not inside the Parliament. Now, what do we do in such times, do we catch you by the throat? Do we go to your house and force you to come to this house? I have never seen or heard that 10 people of the ruling party are standing and saying we are present, but, we are not marking our attendance, so, we are absent. So, we are present as ghosts in the spirits and ordinary lowly officials have the guts to tell the Parliamentary Committee one hour before that we will not come. It is collectively for all Parliamentarians an insult. Thursday, July 29, 2021