Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister T.S. Singh Deo on Tuesday received an alert from mobile phone giant Apple warning him about "state-sponsored attackers" trying to "remotely compromise" his iPhone.
Singh Deo said in statement it was a Pegasus-like attack and was a matter to be worried about.
“It is a threat to democracy and infringement on the right to privacy,” he said.
Several other opposition leaders also got a similar alert and claimed they had received an alert from Apple saying their phones were being targeted.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the BJP over the phone hacking. The BJP dismissed the allegations as baseless.