Phone tapping issue resurfaces in Rajasthan

Phone tapping charges have come back to haunt the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot led government in Rajasthan, with Congress MLA Ved Prakash Solanki alleging that some legislators have talked about their phones being tapped.

Without naming any MLA who levelled the phone tapping charge, Mr. Solanki, a staunch supporter of Congress leader Sachin Pilot, said the legislators also fear of being trapped by various agencies. "I do not know if my phone is being tapped or not. Some legislators have told me that their phones are being tapped. I am also not aware if the State government is involved in phone tapping. Many officials told them (legislators) that it seems that there are efforts underway to trap them," Mr. Solanki, a legislator from Chaksu assembly constituency, told reporters on Saturday.

"Some of these MLAs have also informed the chief minister of the matter," he said. Mr. Solanki said he does not know whether the MLAs have technical knowledge or there is some app through which they come to know that their phones are being tapped.