Acquiring a sophisticated spying software like pegasus, the central government is trying to trigger a collapse of democracy in India, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Nana Patole said here.

"The central government is trying to collapse democracy by acquiring a technology platform like Pegasus for reportedly a Rs 15,000 crore deal. Phones of journalists, judicial officers, politicians, businessmen, industrialists were tapped. Such rampant spying by the central government is dangerous for democracy," Patole said.