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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday said only Prime Minister Narendra Modi can answer on behalf of all ministries and departments over the issue and asked "why is he silent". NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance software company, has been under increasing attack following allegations that its Pegasus software was used for surveillance of phones of people in several countries, including India.

A day after the Defence Ministry stated that it did not have any transaction with the NSO Group, which is at the centre of the Pegasus row, P Chidambaram said only PM Modi can answer on behalf of all ministries and asked "why is he silent?"

The apex court was hearing a batch of pleas, including the one filed by the Editors Guild of India, seeking an independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping matter. The pleas are related to reports of alleged snooping by government agencies on eminent citizens, politicians and scribes by using Israeli firm NSO's spyware Pegasus.

The NSO claims that its military-grade spyware, Pegasus, is only sold to “vetted governments”.

Defence ministry said in Parliament it had not done any transaction