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Karnataka CM Yediyurappa to order CBI probe into phone tapping

Karnataka CM Yediyurappa to order CBI probe into phone tapping
Written by Ramya Patelkhana
Aug 18, 2019, 07:19 pm 3 min read
Karnataka CM Yediyurappa to order CBI probe into phone tapping

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday said that he will order an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged phone tapping incidents during the previous Congress-JD(S) coalition government. This comes after several Congress leaders, including K Siddaramaiah and Mallikarjun Kharge, demanded a probe into the phone tapping allegedly done at former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy's behest. Here's more.

Statement
Yediyurappa to order CBI probe on Monday

"On the telephone tapping issue, several leaders, including Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah, have said it should be probed and truth should come out, so I have decided to order a CBI probe. Tomorrow itself I will order the probe," Yediyurappa said. He said the people of Karnataka also expect a detailed inquiry into the matter and want the culprits to be punished.

Accusation
Disqualified rebel MLA claims phones of 300+ leaders were tapped

Yediyurappa's announcement of the CBI probe comes at a time the phone-tapping case is gaining political steam with disqualified JDS MLA, AH Vishwanath, accusing the previous coalition government of tapping phones and spying on over 300 leaders, including him. He claimed the alleged phone-tapping couldn't have been done without the knowledge of the then CM Kumaraswamy as the intelligence department was under his control.

Congress split
DK Shivakumar rejects phone tapping charges under coalition government

Several senior Congress leaders like Siddaramaiah, Mallikarjun Kharge, and former Karnataka Home Minister (coalition government) MB Patil, sought an inquiry into the phone tapping. Reportedly, phones of leaders close to Siddaramaiah, who was the coalition coordination committee chief, were under the Kumaraswamy-led government's watch. However, Congress leader and former state minister DK Shivakumar denied phone-tapping/spying allegations under the coalition government and sided with Kumaraswamy.

Coalition government
Kumaraswamy denies allegations of phone-tapping leveled against him

Meanwhile, many BJP leaders, including former CM Jagadish Shettar, directly accused Kumaraswamy of being behind the phone surveillance episode in order to save his government which faced crisis due to internal dissidence. However, the Kumaraswamy-led government had collapsed in July after losing the trust vote in the Karnataka Assembly. But the former Chief Minister from JD(S) has denied all the allegations leveled against him.

Quote
Allegations made against me far from truth: Kumaraswamy

"There was no need for me to remain in and save the chair (of CM) by tapping phones," Kumaraswamy tweeted in Kannada. "Allegations made against me by some people in this matter is far from truth," he posted on Twitter.

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Ramya Patelkhana is a senior editor at NewsBytes. She has nearly seven years of experience in digital journalism and has previously worked with India News and Authint Media. She has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala, and an advanced diploma in Media Studies from IPW, New Delhi.
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