Madhya Pradesh Congress leaders on Tuesday accused the State government of tapping the phones of former Chief Minister Kamal Nath, his associates and several journalists, a charge denied by the BJP. <\/p>\n
While observing \u201cBlack Day\u201d to mark 100 days of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government, Congress media in-charge Jitu Patwari said, \u201cThis government is spying on us. Former Chief Minister Kamal Nath, leaders and members of the State party committee, their phones are being tapped.\u201d <\/p>\n
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In view of such acts being committed by government officials, the former Minister asked \u201cif it wasn\u2019t a murder of democracy and a black day\u201d. <\/p>\n
Appealing to Mr. Chouhan to work in the \u201cright direction\u201d and not \u201cwithout direction,\u201d he said, \u201cThe way you murdered democracy and bought legislators with the cooperation of the Prime Minister, you became the Chief Minister. But now you should work on how the State should be run. The Congress is ready to support you in this.\u201d Mr. Patwari said the State government was scared and therefore targeting the Opposition. \u201cTheir phones are being kept on search. Phones of several journalists are also being kept on search.\u201d <\/p>\n
Party MLA and former Minister Sajjan Singh Verma said it was being done in an unauthorised way. \u201cThere is no government order. There is no notice of the Centre. We want to warn the officials involved. We have your names…we will expose them.\u201d He said the BJP had \u2018toppled\u2019 the Congress government as it \u201cwaived farm loans, created employment opportunities and tackled the land mafia\u201d.<\/p>\n
Rejecting the allegation, BJP State media in-charge Lokendra Parashar said, \u201cThose who\u2019ve indulged in corruption and injustices can\u2019t think beyond it. That\u2019s why they are making such baseless remarks.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n