BJP demands CBI probe into Rajasthan audio tapes

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded CBI probe into the leaked audio tapes that were doing the rounds on social media over the past two days. Congress has alleged the tapes are recordings of its MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma being in talks with the BJP to topple the Gehlot government in Rajasthan.

Now, BJP has demanded CBI probe over the audio tapes. On Saturday, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra addressed a press conference and asked, “Is BJP controlling everything? Of course not, the sin was theirs. Conspiracy was done within their house. We’ve said the tapes are manufactured.”

The BJP leader also said, “We are asking the Gehlot government some questions: Was phone tapping done with authority? Is it not a sensitive and a legal issue (phone tapping)? Was SOP followed, assuming you tapped phones? Finding yourself cornered, did you resort to such tactics? Are you tapping phones of any person who may belong to any political person in Rajasthan? Is it not a situation of an emergency now in Rajasthan?”