SNOOPING THE SAGA GOES ON Congress party is leaving no stone upturned in en cashing the alleged snooping of a woman in Gujarat on the instructions of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his home Minister Amit Shah. The party has even demanded the resignation of Narendra Modi. But snooping on individuals is nothing new in Indian politics. Not only individuals but even high constitutional authorities were subjected to illegal snooping in the past by no less than two Congress Prime Ministers. This has been revealed in a book written by late M K Dhar, the former joint-director of IB. In his book “Open secrets, India intelligence unveiled”, Dhar has disclosed that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was the first politician to have ordered illegal snooping.Indira had asked IB to keep a tab on the then home minister Gyani Jail Singh. On Indira ‘s instructions, Gyani Jail Singh’s conversation with Khalistani militant Bhindarwale was recorded and handed over to her. Not only this, Indira had asked IB to keep a vigil on her own daughter-in-law Maneka Gandhi. IB snooped on all friends of Maneka and tapped their phones. Even her mother was under close watch of IB. The editorial board of the magazine that was run by Maneka was also closely monitored by IB. The book further reveals that Rajiv Gandhi went a step further and ordered snooping on Gyani Jail Singh, the then President of India. Somehow Gyani Jail Singh got to know of the snooping and he stooped meeting people inside Rashtrapati Bhawan rooms. He used to meet people in the garden onlyEven Rajiv Gandhi himself became a victim of snooping. It is said that a former cabinet secretary had got his conversation with Rajiv Gandhi recorded. In this conversation, Rajiv had allegedly asked him to hand over a suitcase, full of cash, to his brother-in-law in Italy. Stories of illegal snooping surfaced in 2011 again when the then finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had alleged bugging in his office. Media speculation pointed fingers towards the then home minister P Chidambaram but the entire matter was closed when IB told Prime Minister that there was no bugging in Pranab’s office. Some media reports suggested that the bugging was being done by a private agency but no proof was available to substantiate these charges. (Courtesy :India TV Politics Desk [ Updated 21 Nov 2013])
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 06:08:11 +0000
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