Sapkal calls Rahul Gandhi phone tapping 'reality, not allegation'; Raut targets Modi and Shah

Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has alleged that his phone has been tapped. Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal and MP Sanjay Raut reacted sharply.

An event was held at Tilak Bhavan in Mumbai on the 137th birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Both Sapkal and Raut were present and were asked about the tapping of Rahul Gandhi's phone. Both launched a strong attack on the Modi government. Raut asked what else could be expected under the rule of Modi and Shah.

Raut said that whoever had resorted to phone tapping, whether Netanyahu or Nixon, was driven out of politics and defeated. According to Raut, Modi's politics is in bad shape. He said their hold on power is not on its way out, but has already gone.

Sapkal also expressed anger at the Modi government over the question. He said phone tapping was not an allegation but a reality. Sapkal said Pegasus had been installed on the mobile phones of some people, and, according to him, on the phones of late BJP leaders as well. He said the matter was suppressed then, and the Epstein file was suppressed too. He said that despite this, the BJP was standing by lies.

Speaking on inflation in the country, Sapkal said it was unfortunate and that those in power were responsible. He said even mobile recharges had become costlier. According to Sapkal, everything is being controlled from outside and this is the result. He said the fire would spread further in the coming days because the government was not considering the tax on fuel. Sapkal said prices of vegetables, gas and mobile recharges were set to rise and, unfortunately, would rise further. He said there was no control on bringing inflation under check. Sapkal made a serious allegation that the government was in fact playing a game of demand and supply.

Replying to a user's question on Instagram, Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of tapping his phone. Pointing to his phone, he said all the evidence was in it. According to Rahul Gandhi, the Prime Minister knows how information about him is obtained, because his phone is tapped.

Rahul Gandhi said that the day the Prime Minister agreed to a face-to-face debate with him, everyone would know who is under the control of foreign powers. He also said he would put forward other information on how long the Prime Minister has been involved in anti-national activities.