UP government tapping SP leaders’ phone, CM listens to recordings: Akhilesh Yadav

Practically two months forward of the meeting polls in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Social gathering chief and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday alleged that telephones of his occasion leaders have been being “tapped” by the state authorities and that the chief minister himself heard the recordings within the night.

Yadav’s allegation towards the BJP authorities in UP got here a day after the revenue tax division raided the residences of a few of his shut aides, together with SP nationwide secretary Rajeev Rai in Mau and at Yadav’s officer on particular responsibility throughout his tenure because the CM, Jainendra Yadav, in Lucknow.

“I wish to let you know that every one our telephones are being heard. Telephones of the SP workplace and of those that are related to us are being heard. They’ve all been placed on listening (mode). The CM himself listens to the recordings within the evenings,” Yadav mentioned in a press convention in Lucknow. He additionally cautioned the media: “You probably have associations with us, then know that your name recordings are there.”

On a query of allegedly utilizing administrative officers for finishing up such political work, Yadav mentioned, the complete type of an IAS officer itself stands for “particular person after sarkar”. He mentioned a few of them are doing it as a result of they’re helpless and a few wish to preserve pleasing the federal government, even in its “final days”.

Later, he mentioned the tapping and raiding isn’t a “new incidence”.

“Wherever the elections happen, the BJP resorts to such strikes,” he mentioned.