NEW DELHI, July 28 -- KT NEWS SERVICE

The Opposition parties on Tuesday blamed the government for the seventh day of deadlock in the monsoon session of Parliament, saying it can be broken the moment it agrees for a debate in both the Houses on the Israeli spyware Pegasus used to spy on the Opposition leaders, judges, ministers and security personnel.

They said the government cannot wriggle out from the debate when the Opposition gives a notice collectively. They accused the government of misleading the country by claiming that it is willing to talk to the Opposition.

"We are doing our duty to prevent the government to convert our democracy into a surveillance state, into a police state," said Congress deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Anand S...