On Pegasus, Shashi Tharoor Says Parliament Panel Made A “Ping Pong Match”

Some members of the parliamentary panel on information technology have reduced it to a "ping pong match" that is not in the spirit of parliament, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who heads the committee, said on Thursday amid a rift in the forum over the Pegasus snooping scandal.

The panel that was set to question government officials on Wednesday on the spyware row was postponed since not enough members were marked as attending.

BJP members of the panel who were present in the meeting room did not sign the attendance register in protest leading to a lack of quorum required for holding the meeting. Mr Tharoor said he was very disappointed with the development.