Allegation on telephone tapping: CM Kumaraswamy demands evidence
Bengaluru, August 29: BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa made a serious allegation that “telephones of former chief minister Siddaramaiah, mine and other leaders are being tapped in the state and though I have raised the issue earlier, no action was taken”.
The state government should immediately stop tapping of telephones of various leaders including himself and conduct probe into the issue. Otherwise, the incident where the government was toppled during Ramakrishna Hegde period would repeat, Yeddyurappa warned.
But Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy made a counter attack saying that he would directly take action if Yeddyurappa provided even a small evidence for telephone tapping.
Kumaraswamy told reporters at Ramanagar that their own party is ruling at the centre and the BJP leaders could meet Prime Minister Modi and ask him to investigate the telephone tapping. Let them investigate it. The BJP leaders might have recalled their own deeds committed when they were in power and accused the government. He does not have the habit of tapping the telephones of any leaders. He was not brought up in such culture. If Yeddyurappa provided him a small evidence on telephone tapping, he would directly take action, Kumaraswamy challenged.
However, Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Dr G Parameshwar said that the government was not tapping the telephones of any leaders. The allegation of Yeddyurappa was far from truth. The department has been verifying the call records of those who have involved in illegal and anti-social activities. But the telephones of no politicians were tapped. He would not have any information if the department verified the call records for investigation purpose, he clarified.
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RS proceedings adjourned for day amid opposition protest over Adani bribery row, other issues
New Delhi(PTI): Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Wednesday as opposition members insisted on a discussion on various issues, including bribery charges related to the Adani Group.
The proceedings were briefly adjourned in the morning session due to opposition protest, and when the House re-assembled at 11.30 AM, there were identical scenes.
This prompted Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar to adjourn the proceedings for the day, saying the "House is not in order".
The trobule started after Dhankhar rejected 18 notices under a rule of the House to suspend scheduled business and take up issues mentioned in the notices.
The notices related to demand for 'constitution of a JPC to investigate the alleged misconduct, including corruption, bribery, financial irregularities of the Adani Group in connivance with other authorities', violence in Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh and rising incidents of crime in the national capital.
"Upper House needs to reflect and follow well-established traditions that ruling of the Chair requires reference and not cause differences. I have, in detail, given reasons why, in these situations, notices are not being accepted," Dhankhar said while rejecting the notices under Rule 267 of the House.
On Monday also, the Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day during the morning session itself as opposition insisted on raising the issues related to Adani Group.
There was no sitting of the House on Tuesday.
The Adani Group said on Wednesday that Gautam Adani, and his nephew Sagar have not been charged with any violation of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in the indictment that authorities filed in the New York court in an alleged bribery case.
