WhatsApp spyware row: Opposition parties plan to approach President

Amid a furore over breach of instant messaging service WhatsApp using Israeli firm NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, Opposition political parties are planning to approach President Ram Nath Kovind and seek his intervention in getting the Supreme Court’s opinion in the matter.

A note is being prepared by the Opposition, calling upon the President "to make a Presidential Reference to the Supreme Court of India under Article 143 of the Constitution of India. The Constitution grants you this authority to approach the Supreme Court on a question of law or fact which, in the opinion of your high office, is of public