Pegasus row: Government not seeking information on snooping as it was aware, says P Chidambaram On Friday, former Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi on described Pegasus as a weapon and demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah Congress leader P Chidambaram PTI New Delhi: Amid the Pegasus snooping row on politicians, journalists and others, former Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday alleged that the government was aware of the snooping In a statement Chidambaram said, "President Macron of France called PM Bennet of Israel and demanded to know full information about the alleged use of Pegasus spyware to hack phones in France, including the President's, PM Bennet promised to come back with the 'conclusions' of their own investigations."