Trial by FIRe
Apr 03, 2021
4 minutes
By Rohit Parihar
CHANDRADEEP KUMAR
PURUSHOTTAM DIWAKAR
BJP INSIDERS SAY THE PARTY’S NEXT STRATEGY COULD BE TO GET THE COURTS TO TRANSFER ALL THE PHONE TAP-RELATED CASES TO THE CBI
Union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has upped the ante in the phone-tapping row surrounding an alleged plot last year to pull down the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan. The 53-year-old BJP leader lodged a complaint in New Delhi on March 25, alleging that his phone was illegally tapped in July 2020 and the conversations leaked to the media. The Delhi police registered an FIR on the basis of the complaint.
Gehlot had cited the recorded conversations to allege that Shekhawat was
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