Jubilee Post News & Views
Regional Desk
The Maharashtra government has decided to enquire into allegations that the BJP managed phone tapping of the phones of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, present CM Uddhav Thackeray and Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut among other senior leaders during Devendra Fadnavis regime.
The development came a day after state home minister Anil Deshmukh on thursday said the erstwhile BJP government under Devendra Fadnavis had ordered tapping of many phone lines and they had received complaints of snooping.
Shiv sena leader Sanjay Raut further fuelled the allegation writing on Twitter, “A senior BJP leader himself told him that his phone was being tapped. I told him whoever wishes to listen to my conversation is free to do so. I am a disciple of Balasaheb Thackeray, I don’t do anything secretly.”
Mr. Raut further twitted that the phone tapping reportedly continued even after the elections were over and when hectic parleys were on between the parties for months before NCP, Shiv Sena and Congress decided to join hands.
The NCP has also alleged that the Centre had removed security from Pawar’s Delhi residence. The decision was taken without prior notice. NCP’s Nawab Malik said, “Pawar’s residence in Delhi has Y-category protection, which includes one constable and 3 PSOs.
However, for the past few days, they are nowhere to be seen. We have not got any notice from the Centre for this. Clearly, Mr Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are taking out their anger on pawar.”
