The BJP and the Congress got into a political slugfest on Sunday after a media report that “listening devices” had been planted at the residence of Union minister Nitin Gadkari, a former BJP president.

While the report of his residence being “bugged” drew a denial from Mr Gadkari himself, who termed the report “highly speculative”, his party and the Congress soon began trading charges on the matter, with the Congress demanding that the government give a clarification in Parliament on the issue. Wading into the controversy, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also said there should be an investigation, and asked the government to explain the matter in Parliament.

“If ministers’ houses are bugged, then it is not a good omen. It should be investigated. How can it happen? It should be explained by the government in the House,” Dr Singh told reporters at an iftar get-together hosted by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.


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