[Marxistindia] CPI(M) General Secretary's letter to PM

[news from the cpi(m)]

October 31, 2023

Press Release 

Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
has written the following letter today to Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime
Minister of India on the Apple alert he received about the State-sponsored
snooping of his communication devices. We are herewith releasing the text of
the letter for publication.

 

(Muralidhran)

For CPI(M) Central Committee Office

 

Dear Prime Minister ji,

Attached is an alert that I received last night which explicitly states
"Apple believes you are being targeted by state-sponsored attackers who are
trying to remotely compromise the iPhone associated with your Apple ID." 

This constitutes a gross violation of the fundamental rights guaranteed by
the Constitution of India to all its citizens. A surveillance state is the
antitheses of democracy.

My work is an open book and there is nothing to hide. Hence, such snooping
and the accessibility to remotely access the instruments that I use can only
mean that the intention is to remotely plant some information on my devices
and then to incriminate me on the basis of such planted fabricated material.
Given the gross misuse of Central agencies by this government headed by you,
such a possibility is very real. 

Your assumption to the office of the Prime Minister was under oath to uphold
the Constitution of India. Instead, there is a gross destruction of
democracy and democratic rights of citizens. This is unacceptable. 

Your response on this matter would be appreciated.

With regards

Sd/-

Sitaram Yechury

General Secretary

 

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