Congress says spying on ministers very serious
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New Delhi: The alleged bugging of Union minister Nitin Gadkari’s residence created furore in the Parliament on Wednesday. The Opposition raised the issue in both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha.
The Rajya Sabha had to be adjourned twice, after the Congress leaders raised the issue in the House. The Congress cited media reports that besides Mr Gadkari’s telephones being bugged, high-powered listening devices were found in his bedroom. “The minister too has termed the reports as baseless and factually incorrect,” the home minister Rajnath Singh said, adding no high powered listening device was found.
When the House met for the day, Anand Sharma (Congress) said bugging of Cabinet ministers is a serious matter and it should be discussed in the House.
He said the issue of call records of the then Leader of the Opposition and now Leader of the House Arun Jaitley being allegedly accessed unauthorisedly was discussed in the House. This is an even more serious matter concerning a minister in the government, they said.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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