Unprecedented Happenings in Parliamentary Panel on IT: Shashi Tharoor

What has taken place in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology comprising MPs from different political parties has never happened before in the country – the way proceedings were disrupted by members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was unprecedented, says Dr Shashi Tharoor, who heads the panel, in an exclusive interview with NewsClick. In a freewheeling conversation with Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, the three-time MP from Thiruvananthapuram not only expresses his views on toxic social media platforms but also on the state of the Congress party to which he belongs. He also answers a few personal questions.

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Pegasus Deposition

Link of the recording of the 70-minute deposition on 14 February 2022 by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta to the Supreme Court-appointed committee headed by Justice (retired) R V Raveendran on allegations of misuse of the Israeli Pegasus spyware on Indian citizens: https://pegasus-india-investigation.in/depositions/paranjoy-guha-thakurta-statement/