Rahul Gandhi draws Rafale link to WhatsApp breach

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the Modi government over the WhatsApp privacy breach. In a tweet, Rahul added a Rafale angle to the row as he took a jibe at the government. Union IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Thursday that the Indian government had written to WhatsApp seeking a detailed response after it was revealed that the platform was used to spy over a dozen journalists, Dalit activists and members of the academia through an Israeli spyware in India.

Taking a swipe at the Centre, Rahul said that the government asking WhatsApp about ‘Pegasus’ was like Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking Dassault Aviation who made money on the sale of Rafale jets to India.