Project Pegasus: Rahul Gandhi, Mamata’s nephew, 2 Union ministers, dissident ex-EC Lavasa in snooping target list

A second list of possible targets of an alleged surveillance operation using the Pegasus spyware revealed in a global collaborative investigation includes the mobile phones used by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee, and former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa.

The publication of the names on Monday evening set off a major political storm that has the potential to derail the Monsoon Session of Parliament that began earlier in the day.

At a press conference, the Congress demanded the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah and an investigation into the role of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the alleged espionage. The party said it would raise the issue in Parliament, and get other opposition parties on board.