TDP chief urges Narendra Modi to order probe into phone tapping row

AMARAVATI: Alleging that the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government in Andhra Pradesh was resorting to massive phone tapping of its opponents, former Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order an inquiry.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Naidu sought a probe by a competent authority of the Central government into the alleged tapping of phones.

The Centre should take stringent action so as to prevent the Jagan Reddy-led YSRCP and some private persons from resorting to such illegal activities that pose a threat to national security, he wrote.

Naidu said that the ruling party and private individuals were using sophisticated technology and illegal software to tap the phones belonging to the opposition leaders, advocates, journalists and social activists. He wrote that this was a violation of the Articles 19 and 21 that provide for fundamental rights of citizens. (IANS) 

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