New Delhi/Hyderabad, March 15: Sparring over Delhi Police officials visiting Rahul Gandhi’s residence intensified Sunday with the Congress accusing the Modi government of “snooping” on opposition leaders and the BJP dubbing the charge as “atrocious”.
“The present government has much to answer when it comes to right of privacy of citizens. They are now trying to do everywhere what was happening in one state. Both Modi and Amit Shah are now here,” party spokesperson Anand Sharma said at the AICC office in Delhi.
“It is not confined to one person. It is much deeper. The practice that they had adopted in Gujarat, they want to carry it out now everywhere,” Sharma said.
He had also justified his remarks in an interview, claiming that senior opposition leaders’ phones are being “tapped” and surveillance is being carried on them.
In Hyderabad, the BJP trashed the Congress allegation of snooping on Rahul Gandhi, saying the opposition party was bereft of issues and raking up non-issues.
“This is absolutely an atrocious charge by Congress and there is no snooping,” Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar said.
“It’s a routine police procedure to which they (Congress) are over-reacting. I think Congress has lost the plot, and they are bereft of any issue. They have no public issue and therefore they are raising such issues which are non-issues,” the senior BJP leader asserted. PTI
