Listen to people's voice not Oppn's: Akhilesh Yadav takes dig at Centre over state-sponsored attack

Samajwi Party Chief Akhilesh Yav has now responded to I.N.D.I.A bloc's hacking alert claims in connection with 'Apple warning message' and slammed Central government. former Uttar Presh CM took a jibe at BJP-led Central government stating that inste of wasting ir time spying on Opposition parties, those in power should prioritise listening to voice of people so that y can improve on several issues. 

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, Akhilesh Yav said, "It is being heard that those in power are now spying on phones of opposition. Inste of listening to opposition, it would be better if those in power listen to people's voice, n at least y will get some chance of improvement, so that y can do some positive work related to burning issues like inflation, corruption, unemployment, broken law, health system, crime against women, fury of youth, exploitation of poor, Dalits, deprived, farmers, labourers; like caste census and social justice.

He furr said, “Don't know why, but it is also being heard that his party members are more afraid of this spying. Let those in power do ir work, don't listen!”

सुना है सत्ताधारी अब विपक्षियों के फ़ोन की जासूसी करवा रहे हैं। विपक्ष की बात सुनने से ज़्यादा अच्छा तो ये है कि सत्ताधारी ‘जनता की आवाज़’ सुन लें तो कम-से-कम उन्हें सुधार का कुछ मौका मिल जाए और फिर महंगाई, भ्रष्टाचार, बेरोज़गारी, ध्वस्त क़ानून व स्वास्थ्य व्यवस्था, महिला अपराध,…

— Akhilesh Yav (@yavakhilesh)

What is ‘snoopgate’ alarm by Opposition? 

A massive controversy erupted on Tuesday after several leers of I.N.D.I. Alliance, an opposition bloc forged to dethrone BJP from Centre in 2024 General Elections, claimed a ‘snooping attack’ by Centre, ‘reminiscent’ of Pegasus issue.

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, Shiv Sena's (UBT) Priyanka Chaturvedi, Samajwi Party chief Akhilesh Yav, CPIM leer Sitaram Yechury and AIMIM chief Owaisi, Aam Ami Party MP Raghav Chha, and Congress leers Shashi Tharoor and Pawan Khera have alleged that y have received alert message and some of m accused Centre of trying to hack into mobile phone of Opposition leers.

In response to alleged snoopgate charges framed against Centre by opposition leers and MPs, phone and software manufacturing company said that ‘Apple does not attribute threat notifications to any specific state-sponsored attacker.’

“State-sponsored attackers are very well-funded and sophisticated, and ir attacks evolve over time. Detecting such attacks relies on threat intelligence signals that are often imperfect and incomplete. It’s possible that some Apple threat notifications may be false alarms, or that some attacks are not detected. We are unable to provide information about what causes us to issue threat notifications, as that may help state-sponsored attackers apt ir behavior to eve detection in future,” it ded.

Notably, threat notification has been sent to iPhone users whose accounts are in nearly 150 countries. Furr, some people from government side, including Samir Saran, also recieved messages from Apple on ir phones and emails, warning m about "state-sponsored attackers" may be targeting ir iPhone.