Talking to reporters, Rahul Gandhi said, “I am not a potential target, my phone was tapped. Not only this phone but all my phones were also tapped.”
New Delhi| Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi has targeted the central government in the Pegasus espionage case. He called it an attack on the whole of India. Rahul Gandhi said, “My phone was clearly tapped, I am not a potential target.” Rahul alleged that all his phones were being tapped and his security man was asked to inform him about everything.
Talking to reporters, Rahul Gandhi said, “I am not a potential target, my phone was tapped. Not only this phone but all my phones were also tapped.” Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s name has appeared in the leaked list of numbers who were likely spied on using Israeli spyware Pegasus. Rahul Gandhi also claimed that his security personnel had informed him that their conversations were being monitored.
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The scandalous revelations on the #PegasusSnoopgate by Modi govt, tumbling out day after day, prove that not only our democracy, not only our security, but our sovereignty is under great threat.
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— Congress (@INCIndia) July 23, 2021
Rahul Gandhi said, “I get calls from people of IB (Intelligence Bureau) who tap my phone. My security personnel have told me that they have to tell everything that I have said.” The Congress leader also said that his friends also got a call that their phone was tapped. “I am not afraid. If you are corrupt and a thief in this country, you will be afraid. If you are not one of these then there is no need to fear,” he added.
Pegasus Project
According to a report published in ‘The Wire,’ the Indian government has spied on about 300 Indians between 2017 and 2019. These include journalists, lawyers, social workers, opposition leaders and businessmen. The report said that the phones of these 300 individuals were hacked through Pegasus spyware. However, the government has termed all the allegations as baseless.
Forbidden Stories-a Paris-based organization and Amnesty International have a list of about 50,000 phone numbers. They claim that these phone numbers are of individuals who have been targeted through Pegasus spyware. These two institutes have shared this list with 16 media institutes around the world.
The numbers of Indians in the database include over 40 journalists, three major opposition figures, one constitutional authority, two serving ministers in the Narendra Modi government, current and former heads and officials of security organisations and scores of businesspersons.
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