Phone numbers linked to the Janata Dal Secular-Congress government in Karnataka were possible targets for surveillance in 2019, at a time when the ruling coalition collapsed and the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP took power, the Wire has said in the latest revelations connected to Israeli spyware "Pegasus". The Wire report links the fall of the JDS-Congress government in July 2019 and the BJP's takeover to alleged snooping, though there is no evidence to establish whether phones were hacked.
