Sumalatha Accused Previous Congress-JDS Govt of Phone Tapping

Sumalatha accused previous Congress-JDS govt of phone tapping. Independent MP of Karnataka accused Congress-JDS government of tapping her phone, said – it should be investigated.

An Independent MP from Karnataka has claimed that her phone was tapped during the Congress-JDS coalition government.

MP Sumalatha Ambarish claimed that her telephone was tapped during the tenure of the Congress-JDS government in Karnataka in 2018-19.

She has demanded an inquiry into the matter. She told that the CBI officers were investigating.

The Karnataka MP said that the CBI told that the phones were tapped in 2018-19 and after that, I was contacted for investigation.

She said that the matter was at its peak during my election. At the same time, CBI says that this is a strong case and they will take it forward.

I demand a fair inquiry into this. Actress-turned-politician Ambareesh was the surprise winner in 2019 by defeating Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy from Mandya.

Audio clips of phone conversations were released.

The issue of alleged illegal tapping of Sumalatha Ambareesh’s telephone during the tenure of HD Kumaraswamy government of Karnataka first came to the fore in 2019.

During the election campaign in March 2019, audio clips of phone conversations of members in her camp were released in the public domain and Sumalatha complained to the Election Commission that she was being kept under telephone surveillance.

After the ouster of the JDS-Congress government in July 2019, a police investigation found that the telephones of several people under the previous government were illegally tapped.

The investigation revealed that Sumalatha, who won the Mandya seat against great odds, and a group of her supporters – actors Darshan and Yash, local political leaders and their aides – were among those whose calls were to be investigated for crimes.

The intercept was done by connecting with the persons being carried out.