Maharashtra Congress has sought to know if snooping and phone tapping took place in the state using the Israeli software Pegasus during the previous BJP-led state government.

State Congress spokesman Sachin Sawant also demanded an inquiry into the issue. "Did the Pegasus scandal happen in Maharashtra?" asked Sawant, whose party shares power with the Shiv Sena and NCP in the state. The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state should conduct a probe into it, he said in a statement.