JAIPUR: Phone-tapping charges have come back to haunt the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan.
Congress MLA from Jaipur districtтАЩs Chaksu seat, Ved Prakash Solanki, a vocal supporter of Sachin Pilot, claimed on Saturday that some legislators had told him about their phones being tapped.
Solanki, however, declined to name these MLAs. He also had no idea who was tapping the their phones and on whose orders. тАЬI do not know if my phone is being tapped or not. I am also not aware if the state government is involved in phone-tapping or not. But some legislators told me about their phones being recorded,тАЭ Solanki told TOI.
Solanki said these MLAs used an app to check if their phones were being tapped. The Chaksu MLA also claimed that some of these MLAs had even informed the CM about their phone-tapping fears but the latter had laughed off the matter.
Solanki said the same MLAs informed him that police and intelligence personnel were watching them.
тАЬThe MLAs also shared (information) about how some government officials had cautioned them against being trapped by the anti-corruption bureau,тАЭ Solanki said.
On being asked whether these MLAs belonged to the Sachin Pilot camp, Solanki replied, тАЬThey are Congress MLAs.тАЭ
Reacting to this, Congress chief whip in the assembly Mahesh Joshi said, тАЬThese are baseless charges. A responsible person like an MLA should make a public statement after verifying things on proof (sic).тАЭ
BJP state president Satish Poonia tweeted, тАЬToday again a Congress MLA is saying that many MLAs say their phones are being tapped, spying is happening. Congress should tell who these MLAs are? (sic) Congress is intimidating its own MLAs on the lines of тАШso jaa beta, Gabbar aa jayegaтАЩ (dialogue from a Bollywood classic). Congress should tell when will Gabbar come? (sic)тАЭ
Transport minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas said, тАЬThis is a BJP and RSS ploy to divert public attention from the corruption charges against their members in the bribery deal connected with JaipurтАЩs sanitation issues (sic).тАЭ
Last July, when Pilot and 18 Congress legislators had rebelled against chief minister Ashok Gehlot, one of the accusations they had levelled was about illegal phone-tapping.
Congress MLA from Jaipur districtтАЩs Chaksu seat, Ved Prakash Solanki, a vocal supporter of Sachin Pilot, claimed on Saturday that some legislators had told him about their phones being tapped.
Solanki, however, declined to name these MLAs. He also had no idea who was tapping the their phones and on whose orders. тАЬI do not know if my phone is being tapped or not. I am also not aware if the state government is involved in phone-tapping or not. But some legislators told me about their phones being recorded,тАЭ Solanki told TOI.
Solanki said these MLAs used an app to check if their phones were being tapped. The Chaksu MLA also claimed that some of these MLAs had even informed the CM about their phone-tapping fears but the latter had laughed off the matter.
Solanki said the same MLAs informed him that police and intelligence personnel were watching them.
тАЬThe MLAs also shared (information) about how some government officials had cautioned them against being trapped by the anti-corruption bureau,тАЭ Solanki said.
On being asked whether these MLAs belonged to the Sachin Pilot camp, Solanki replied, тАЬThey are Congress MLAs.тАЭ
Reacting to this, Congress chief whip in the assembly Mahesh Joshi said, тАЬThese are baseless charges. A responsible person like an MLA should make a public statement after verifying things on proof (sic).тАЭ
BJP state president Satish Poonia tweeted, тАЬToday again a Congress MLA is saying that many MLAs say their phones are being tapped, spying is happening. Congress should tell who these MLAs are? (sic) Congress is intimidating its own MLAs on the lines of тАШso jaa beta, Gabbar aa jayegaтАЩ (dialogue from a Bollywood classic). Congress should tell when will Gabbar come? (sic)тАЭ
Transport minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas said, тАЬThis is a BJP and RSS ploy to divert public attention from the corruption charges against their members in the bribery deal connected with JaipurтАЩs sanitation issues (sic).тАЭ
Last July, when Pilot and 18 Congress legislators had rebelled against chief minister Ashok Gehlot, one of the accusations they had levelled was about illegal phone-tapping.
