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BJP demands Gehlot’s resignation over phone tapping allegations In its reply to MP Kalicharan’s query, the Home Department stated that telephones are intercepted in the interest of public safety and order
On Monday BJP demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on moral grounds after his government replied to a question in the state Assembly that it taps phones in the interest of public safety and order.
Though the reply did not say it tapped phones of Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhwat and supporters of former deputy CM Sachin Pilot after a rebellion in the Congress last year, the BJP linked it with the episode and demanded for a CBI probe.
Raj bypolls: Cong attempts to placate Pilot
By IANS |
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Wed, Feb 24 2021 15:36 IST |
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Congress leader Sachin Pilot (Photo: Bidesh Manna/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi/Jaipur, Feb 24 : Ahead of bypolls in four Assembly segments, the Congress in Rajasthan is trying to work out a truce between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot.
Pilot has been organising farmers conventions in the state and the party is trying to put up a united face as winning the bypolls is crucial for the survival of the government and would be a morale booster for the Congress.