Sir — This refers to the Congress’s anger over a police official collecting details about party vice president Rahul Gandhi from his residence. By calling the police inquiry a ‘Gujarat model of snooping’, the Congress wants to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But questions are bound to be raised on the Congress itself. Why did the UPA Government backtrack from the inquiry in the so-called Gujarat snooping caseIJ By stoking the present non-issue, the Congress wants to protect Mr Gandhi’s relevance.
Prima facie, Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi’s clarification on the issue is convincing. When the police has conducted similar routine checks on heavyweights like Mr lK Advani the party’s allegation of snooping has no ground.