Uproar in Upper House after Bhupendra Yadav raises Rajasthan phone-tapping

BJP National General Secretary Bhupendra Yadav said the Congress government in Rajasthan has confessed that the phones of several of their party leaders had been tapped. This is against the dignity of democracy, self-respect of the citizens and against the spirit of Article 21 of the Constitution.

New Delhi: India's Upper House witnessed uproarious scenes when the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan Bhupendra Yadav on Friday raised the phone tapping of disgruntled Congress leaders by the Congress state government.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu intervened as the BJP and Congress levelled traded barbs. Yadav said the Congress government in Rajasthan admitted that the phones of several of their party leaders had been tapped.

"This is against the dignity of democracy, self-respect of the citizens and against the spirit of Article 21 of the Constitution," he said.

Yadav alleged that phones were being tapped by the Congress governments across the country. The Congress government is destroying the six crore population of Rajasthan, democracy and the right to privacy of its disgruntled leaders. He appealed to the Rajasthan government to protect the right to privacy of the disgruntled Congress leaders.

Earlier, replying to a question on phone tapping in the Rajasthan Assembly, the Congress government said the phones were tapped only after due permission of the competent officials. Following the reply, the BJP made it a major issue while demanding the resignation of the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government.

IANS