DMK accuses federal agencies of tapping phones ahead of Lok Sabha elections
8 months ago

DMK accuses federal agencies of tapping phones ahead of Lok Sabha elections

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has filed a complaint with the state chief election commissioner accusing the federal agencies of tapping the phones of the party’s leaders, including Lok Sabha candidates, their friends, and relatives. “We understand that the Enforcement Directorate, CBI, IT, and other agencies under the Union Government are illegally intercepting the telephones of candidates, our frontline leaders, their friends, and close relatives,” said DMK leader R S Bharathi in a letter to the commissioner on Tuesday. Bharathi urged the Election Commission of India to immediately intervene and order an inquiry into the “anti-democratic” actions of the Union government and to ensure free and fair elections. Tamil Nadu’s opposition All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has accused the state government of illegally tapping the phones of its party leaders.

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Phone-Tapping: Noose Tightening Around BRS Leaders
1 month, 1 week ago

Phone-Tapping: Noose Tightening Around BRS Leaders

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a development that can have major political ramifications, the Special Investigation Team probing the telephone tapping during the BRS regime, for the first time issued notices to a politic-an – former BRS MLA from Nakrekal Chirumarthi Lingaiah. Reliable police sources said that his CDR that was obtained by SIT through FSL revealed that he and accused additional DSP …

Revanth Accused of Phone-Tapping Ministers: Rama Rao's Explosive Charge
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Revanth Accused of Phone-Tapping Ministers: Rama Rao's Explosive Charge

New Indian Express  

CM Revanth Reddy accuses the Congress government of tapping phones of his own ministers and members of his Cabinet. He challenges the government to take a lie detector test to prove his innocence. The Congress government has been accused of failing to fulfill key promises and guarantees within the first 100 days in office.

BJP will meet Amit Shah on Phone Tapping and Other Cases, says Prabhhakar Rao
6 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP will meet Amit Shah on Phone Tapping and Other Cases, says Prabhhakar Rao

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: BJP would soon meet Home Minister Amit Shah and submit a detailed report on phone taping case during BRS government led by former CM K Chandrasekhar Rao as serious revelations coming to light every day in the state, said Telangana state BJP Vice-President and former MLA NVSS Prabhakar Rao here today. Reiterating the party stand of CBI inquiry …

Phone-tapping: Karnataka BJP calls for CBI probe
7 months ago

Phone-tapping: Karnataka BJP calls for CBI probe

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R Ashoka urged the state government to order a probe by the CBI into phone-tapping allegations levelled against it by former CM HD Kumaraswamy. The BJP leader said phone-tapping equipment can be procured from China for Rs 40-50 lakh. Responding to a question on Kumaraswamy’s allegations, the Opposition Leader said some police officers …

'I had nothing to do with phone-tapping,' says KCR
7 months, 4 weeks ago

'I had nothing to do with phone-tapping,' says KCR

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Stating that politicising phone-tapping was “silly”, BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday said that the chief minister has nothing to do with it as snooping was an integral part of intelligence gathering. “Intelligence officials gather information through various sources, including interception of phones. Politicising phone-tapping is silly,” KCR said in an interview with a vernacular TV news channel. …

DMK accuses central agencies of tapping phones
8 months ago

DMK accuses central agencies of tapping phones

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: A few days after AIADMK lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India accusing the intelligence wing of the state police of intercepting the phones of opposition leaders, the ruling DMK on Tuesday said after the notification of the Lok Sabha elections, the Central Bureau of Investigation, Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax authorities and other investigating agencies of the …

Congress MLA Alleges Phone Tapping by BRS Government
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress MLA Alleges Phone Tapping by BRS Government

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Congress MLA Yennam Srinivas Reddy alleged that the previous BRS government used to tap phones illegally and misused power for political gains. During the conference, Srinivas Reddy highlighted that police officials involved in the phone tapping scandal have been remanded to judicial custody, hinting at substantial proof against them. Drawing parallels to past instances of political misuse of power, …

KCR ‘admitted’ to phone tapping in MLAs’ poaching case, says Congress MLA
8 months, 2 weeks ago

KCR ‘admitted’ to phone tapping in MLAs’ poaching case, says Congress MLA

The Hindu  

Mahabubnagar MLA Yennem Srinivas Reddy argued that BRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao himself had admitted to phone tapping when he displayed the video footage of BJP agents trying to ‘buy out’ the then BRS MLAs. Mr. Srinivas Reddy said that the legal notices sent to him by BRS working president K.T. “After reading reports about phone tapping in the media …

Raghunandan Rao links cash-for-vote case with phone-tapping scandal
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Raghunandan Rao links cash-for-vote case with phone-tapping scandal

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: BJP’s Medak Lok Sabha candidate M Raghunandan Rao on Tuesday demanded a thorough inquiry into the phone-tapping case that is suspected to have taken place since the time K Chandrasekhar Rao became the chief minister. Raghunandan Rao said that the investigation should include the 2015 ‘cash-for-vote’ scam, under which Revanth Reddy was sent to jail. The BJP leader pointed …

Revanth takes a dig at KTR, says phone-tapping conspirators may have to go to jail
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Revanth takes a dig at KTR, says phone-tapping conspirators may have to go to jail

The Hindu  

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy warned that those making casual remarks on the ‘phone-tapping’ incident may have to go to jail once they understand the seriousness of the illegal activity they were involved in. Moreover, it was done by the police as part of their work,” he said, and accused the Congress of exaggerating the ‘snooping’ incident to divert the …

Phone-tapping scam in Telangana opens a Pandora’s box
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Phone-tapping scam in Telangana opens a Pandora’s box

New Indian Express  

Several leaders from the Congress and BJP are now coming forward claiming that their phones too have been tapped during the BRS regime. On Thursday, TPCC spokesperson Bandi Sudhakar Goud and senior leader Tummeti Sammi Reddy wrote a letter to DGP Ravi Gupta, alleging that their phones were tapped during the 2021 Huzurabad byelection. In their letter, the duo complained …

BJP wants CBI probe into phone tapping
8 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP wants CBI probe into phone tapping

The Hindu  

Rajya Sabha MP and Bharatiya Janata Party’s national OBC morcha president K. Laxman has turned the heat on the Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s Government by demanding a CBI probe into the illegal phone tapping by the police on select persons during the regime of former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. The BJP leader pointed out that three illegal …

T'gana: BJP says phones of leaders tapped during 2019 LS polls, BRS seeks through probe
8 months, 3 weeks ago

T'gana: BJP says phones of leaders tapped during 2019 LS polls, BRS seeks through probe

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad, Mar 26 A political slugfest broke out in Telangana on Tuesday over phone tapping allegations with both Congress and BJP claiming phones of their leaders were tapped by the previous state government led by BRS, which in turn demanded a thorough probe into the matter. Also on Tuesday, Union Minister and Telangana BJP chief G Kishan Reddy demanded a …

Telangana Phone tapping case: Political parties indulge in war of words
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana Phone tapping case: Political parties indulge in war of words

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad, Mar 26 The allegations of phone tapping during the previous BRS government in Telangana on Tuesday led to a war of words, with the main opposition party demanding a thorough probe by the Congress government, and the BJP claiming their phones were tapped during the 2019 LS elections. Union Minister and BJP Telangana President G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday …

Telangana Phone tapping case: Political parties indulge in war of words
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana Phone tapping case: Political parties indulge in war of words

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad, Mar 26 The allegations of phone tapping during the previous BRS government in Telangana on Tuesday led to a war of words, with the main opposition party demanding a thorough probe by the Congress government, and the BJP claiming their phones were tapped during the 2019 LS elections. Union Minister and BJP Telangana President G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday …

Cong Leader Demands Thorough Probe into Phone-tapping Scam
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Cong Leader Demands Thorough Probe into Phone-tapping Scam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The issue of look out notices against three persons, including former SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao and the arrest of additional DCP-level officers based on the details disclosed by suspended DSP Praneet Rao in the case of phone tapping at the behest of a high-ranking SIB official has created a sensation, G. Niranjan, TPCC vice-president said. As a result, …

BJP leaders slam Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan\'s phone tapping
2 years, 1 month ago

BJP leaders slam Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan\'s phone tapping

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BJP leaders on Thursday slammed the state government following Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan’s comment the day before that she was afraid that her phones were being tapped. Prabhakar said the Governor’s comments on phone tapping tops the list of allegations over how the TRS government was listening in on phone conversations of people. Meanwhile, senior party leader Gudur Narayan …

Chugh moves EC, accuses TRS of snooping on BJP leaders
2 years, 1 month ago

Chugh moves EC, accuses TRS of snooping on BJP leaders

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Ahead of the high-stakes byelection to the Munugode Assembly constituency, BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India on Tuesday, accusing the TRS government of violating electoral laws and the model code of conduct. The BJP leader accused the TRS of using mobile money transfer apps to directly transfer money into the accounts …

Assam Leader of Opposition claims State Government tapping his phone
2 years, 10 months ago

Assam Leader of Opposition claims State Government tapping his phone

The Hindu  

Leader of Opposition in Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia on Monday expressed suspicion that his telephone was being illegally tapped by the BJP-led state government. The spyware row erupted in July last year after an international consortium of media outlets and investigative journalists reported that the phones of several Indian ministers, politicians, activists, and journalists were potentially targeted by Pegasus, Israeli …

Rahul Gandhi should submit phone to probe agency if he thinks it was tapped: BJP
3 years, 5 months ago

Rahul Gandhi should submit phone to probe agency if he thinks it was tapped: BJP

India TV News  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should submit his phone to the probe agency if he thinks it was tapped and that investigation will happen as per law. Party spokesperson Rajyavardhan Rathore asserted that no one's phone has been tapped illegally by the Modi government. The BJP's response comes close on the heels of Rahul's …

Pegasus allegations: Phone tapping claims not new to K’taka politics
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus allegations: Phone tapping claims not new to K’taka politics

Hindustan Times  

A political row may have erupted in the state after the Congress on Tuesday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre of snooping into phones of leaders in the Congress-JD coalition government in 2019 which resulted in the toppling of the government, but snooping in Karnataka politics is not new. In January, this year, the Congress party had …

Crossed all limits: BJP lashes out at Gehlot govt over phone tapping 'admission'
3 years, 9 months ago

Crossed all limits: BJP lashes out at Gehlot govt over phone tapping 'admission'

India Today  

Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia on Monday slammed the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan for allegedly tapping the phones of leaders of the ruling party as well as the Opposition. Reacting to the Gehlot government’s admission to phone tapping “in the interest of public safety”, Satish Poonia accused the chief minister of “not only orchestrating a conspiracy against members of …

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