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Govt must probe bugging: BJP

“Tapping and bugging is order of the day in this government. The government is operating under the shadow of suspicion, doubt and conspiracy,” said BJP senior leader Ravi Shankar Prasad.

He said Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee “does not trust the Home Minister [ P Chidambaram] and he writes to the Prime Minister on this.”

After ten months the secret letter is released, said Prasad.

He said there is a proper way of tapping phones, but here there are even cases where the rogue elements are tapping phones.

“The left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. The government must probe bugging,” he said.

To a question on Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh expressing concern over bugging, Prasad said Digvijay Singh is the right hand man of Rahul Gandhi who calls Ramdev Baba a thug and even termed Gandhian activist Anna Hazare “tanasahi” (fascist).

He said the government is trying to suppress corruption and people know it.

Prasad also slammed the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh.

“Killing, kidnapping for ransom and rape are order of the day,” he said

He also raised the issue of the mysterious death in custody of a chief medical officer in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.

Dr YS Sachan’s was in jail for allegedly conspiring the killing of two colleagues Dr Vinod Arya and Dr BP Singh.

Dr Sachan was found dead in the Lucknow district jail hospital’s toilet.

Reports said he was found hanging in the bathroom with a belt around his neck.