Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamatha Banerjee appeal the Supreme Court “Save the country and the democracy”. She urged the Supreme Court to come to the nation’s aid and Set up a panel to probe on the Pegasus spy on the opposition leaders and others.

Mamatha Banerjee, in her address to the people on Martyr’s Day online, she said she would go to Delhi on July 27 or 28 and will be available for an opposition meeting if one is held. In her speech she urged the Supreme Court; can’t you take Suo motu cognizance as all phones are tapped? Only judiciary can save country.

She gave a call to opposition parties to unite against BJP immediately. She pointed out that surveillance state in the aftermath of the Pegasus scandal is the threat posed to democracy. A number of opposition leaders heard her address in Delhi and other cities where it was played live on giant television screens.

Mamatha Banerjee defined the democracy with three things i.e. media, judiciary and the Election Commission. Now Pegasus has captured all three, she said. According to the group of 17 media organisations across the world that investigated the leaked surveillance lists, TMC senior party leader Abhishek Banerjee was also a potential target for surveillance.

Calling the Israeli military grade spyware as dangerous and ferocious, she said she cannot talk to other opposition leaders now as her phone is also tapped. She also said I cannot talk to you people. To Sharad Pawar, Delhi Chief Minister, Goa Chief Minister I have put leucoplast on my (phone) camera. This government should also be plastered over.

Chief Minister Mamatha Banerjee in her address attacked on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said Modi, don’t mind, you are misusing the agencies. I am not attacking you personally. But you and may be the Home Minister you are deploying agencies against opposition leaders.

She also said no vaccines are available. You want to create a surveillance state. Ministers’ phones have been tapped. Judges’ phones have been tapped. Pegasus spyware intercepted the phones of judiciary, politicians, media persons, she added.