Assam Leader of Opposition claims State Government tapping his phone

“The Pegasus controversy had revealed that the government was tapping phones of leaders of the anti-CAA movement in Assam,” State’s Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia said. File Photo: Special Arrangement (Source: UB Photos)

Leader of Opposition in Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia on Monday expressed suspicion that his telephone was being illegally tapped by the BJP-led state government.

The senior Congress leader also claimed that such an act was an attempt to “strangle democracy, which is already in ICU”.