HYDERABAD: Congress leader Sam Pitroda has said he does not believe Prime Minister Narendra Modi is involved in tapping Rahul Gandhi’s phone, differing with the Leader of Opposition’s allegation against the Prime Minister.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with NDTV on Saturday, November 14, Pitroda said, “The PM does not do that. The PM does not take a screwdriver and get on a computer to tap it.”
Pitroda, however, claimed that his own phone was being tapped, his laptop was under attack and his bank accounts were under surveillance. He said he had consulted experts who examined his devices and cautioned him about possible tapping. He did not identify anyone he believed was responsible.
His remarks came a day after Rahul Gandhi accused Modi of having his phone tapped. In a video shared by the Congress on X on Friday, Gandhi alleged that the Prime Minister knew about the information on his phone because it was being monitored. He also renewed his challenge to Modi for a face-to-face public debate, saying it would reveal who was allegedly influenced by foreign powers and involved in anti-national activities.
The BJP rejected Gandhi’s allegations. Keralam BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar dismissed the phone-tapping claim, saying that nobody was interested in tapping Gandhi’s phone.
(With inputs from media reports)