Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, has once again raised the allegation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was tapping his phone.
In an Instagram story posted Friday, Gandhi raised the allegation as he reiterated his demand for a one-on-one debate with the PM.
"The proof is here," Rahul Gandhi said as he showed his mobile phone. "It's in this phone. The prime minister knows it because he taps my phone," said the Congress leader.
It is not the first time that Gandhi has claims his phones were being tapped. In 2021, during the Pegasus spyware scandal, Gandhi said: "My phone is tapped, it is clearly tapped. Not only this phone, but all my phones are also tapped."
The basis of that accusation was the snooping scandal related to an Israeli company's spyware called Pegasus. Gandhi was one of the celebrities whose names were listed as potential targets on a leaked database.
Before he became the Karnataka Chief Minister, D K Shivakumar had raised claims about his phone being tapped.
In his latest video, Gandhi said his phone has a lot of information that could land the PM in trouble.
He taunted the PM by extending his invite for the debate, to which Modi has yet to respond. "The moment he comes for the debate, a one-on-one debate, everybody will know who is controlled by foreign powers; who is anti-national," Gandhi said.
In recent days, Gandhi has regularly posted on Modi. In an earlier post, he dared the PM that he would "not remain the PM after a one-on-one debate with me".
