BJP fields CMs to blunt Congress attack

NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday fielded its chief ministers and senior leaders across the country to counter the Congress allegations against the government over alleged Pegasus phone tapping.
The party held press conferences at 18 state capitals as CMs of the BJP ruled states alleged that Congress has become a party to an “international conspiracy” to defame the country and PM Modi.
Questioning the timing of the expose which came a day before the start of the Parliament session, in which it has been reported that phones of around 40 journalists, political leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, doctors etc were being tapped, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said this would definitely hurt the country’s image abroad.
He alleged that such a sensational charge was made a day before the Parliament session commenced in order to vitiate the environment and reflected on the falling standards of politics. “Due to negativity by the opposition during Covid, India’s has already been hurt extensively but now the opposition is making baseless allegations in trying to malign the country’s leadership. It seems to have become its agenda to spoil India’s image,” he said.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said the use of Israeli technology to spy on people by tapping their phones came just when the government had managed to control the second wave of Covid. Shivraj Singh Chouhan (MP), Vijay Rupani (Gujarat) and all other CMs, leaders of opposition in states where the party is not in power held the press meet, which were organised at different time intervals. “Congress has become politically insignificant… what would one get by spying on their leaders. Congress did not even allow the PM to introduce his ministers in Parliament, which reflects their mindset,” Chouhan said.