'All my phones are tapped': Rahul Gandhi on Pegasus snooping row

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the government of using Pegasus spyware as a weapon against opposition. Gandhi alleged that all his phones were tapped and that his security men had been asked to report on everything he said.

"I am not a 'potential target'. My phone is tapped, it is clearly tapped. Not only this phone, all my phones are tapped," the Congress leader told reporters at parliament. Congress and other opposition parties have been raising loud protests on the "snooping" scandal in Parliament for four days.

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"I get phone calls from IB (Intelligence Bureau) people who tap my phone. They say your phone is being tapped. My security people tell me they have to debrief what I say. I am in no pretensions that I am tapped," said Rahul Gandhi, adding that even his friends received calls informing them that phones were tapped.

Noting that only government can buy Pegasus spyware, Rahul Gandhi said that only the Prime Minister's or the home minister can order use of Pegasus. The Congress leader demanded home minister Amit Shah resignation over the alleged snooping scandal and a high lever probe into the Pegasus row.

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