Project Pegasus: UP Congress chief detained ahead of protest against ‘snooping’

State Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu and Party Legislature Party leader Aradhna Mishra were detained in Lucknow on Thursday ahead of a protest march against the alleged snooping on Opposition leaders and journalists, among others. Police also stopped other protesting party members while they were on their way to the Raj Bhavan.

However, Lallu said the party would continue to raise its voice against the alleged spying on several people, including party leader Rahul Gandhi. He added that the Congress also demanded a Supreme Court-monitored judicial investigation into revelations that opposition leaders, union ministers, journalists and many others were potential targets of the Pegasus spyware.