Iltija Mufti wrote on

He also accused BJP of spying on those women leaders who do not listen to him.

“BJP shamelessly spies on women just because we refuse to listen to them. How low will you stoop? Iltija Mufti said.

Pegasus spyware was developed by Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group (founded in 2010) to spy on mobile phones and harvest their data.

Spyware has been highly controversial, being used to monitor politicians, government leaders, human rights activists, dissidents, and journalists.

Iltija Mufti has been at the forefront of her mother's political campaign and has actively participated in her mother's election campaign in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

In the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha elections, Mehbooba Mufti was defeated by National Conference's Mian Altaf Ahmed by a huge margin of more than 2 lakh votes.

The deposits of all other candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha elections in that constituency were forfeited.