Among the mobile numbers allegedly targeted for surveillance using Pegasus spyware, two belonged to prominent political figures in Assam — All Assam Students Union’s (AASU) chief adviser Samujjal Bhattacharjee and Anup Chetia who is leader of the pro-talks faction of the banned United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), according to The Wire.

Both of them were targeted before the Citizenship (Amendment) Act was passed in December 2019. They were both against the Union government’s plan to amend the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), meant to pave the way for Bangladeshi Hindu migrants in Assam to get Indian nationality.