The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has called for an investigation into the allegations that Sachin Pilot's phone was begin 'tapped' by ex-CM Ashok Gehlot-led Rajasthan government. Party MP Diya Kumari said there must be some truth if the Gehlot's OSD is making such claims, adding that if what the OSD says has been done, then it was "illegal"
"This is a huge allegation. If the OSD has said that then definitely there must be some truth. It should be investigated...If he has done that, it is illegal..." she said.
Congress had not even recovered from the brutal defeat in the recently held assembly polls, and another trouble came on the face of the party. A day after the results were declared, Gehlot's OSD Lokesh Sharma said that the state government monitored Sachin Pilot's movement and tapped his phone to keep an eye on him when he had gone to Manesar with 18 MLAs.
"During the political crisis in Rajasthan, when Sachin Pilot had gone to Manesar with 18 MLAs, the state government was keeping a track on Sachin Pilot and the people he was meeting. Sachin Pilot was being monitored on where he was going, and who was he talking to on the phone so that corrective measures could be taken and it was because of the monitoring that we could bring some people back. He was also being chased and all his movements were tracked..." Sharma claimed.
Meanwhile, Congress's parter in the I.N.D.I.A bloc, Shiv Sena (UBT) has questioned the timing of OSD's claims. Party MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said, "Lokesh Sharma was with Ashok Gehlot for 5 years. He took part in all the meetings and events. Is he seeing all the deficiencies only after the defeat? Couldn't he speak up earlier? This shows that he is not a well-wisher..."
"But yes, there are a few issues that need to be discussed within the Congress party. The party should introspect that the two senior leaders were in a dispute earlier too - so how it should be resolved," she added.