Indian ministers’ phone being tapped by the government, Is this justified?
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The Indian Government is to answer accusations today that it tapped the telephones of leading politicians, including a minister involved in a growing money-laundering scandal surrounding the Indian Premier League cricket tournament.31effigy264 18 185x 711221a oLPhm 17334As tens of millions tuned in to watch the IPL final last night, opposition parties were threatening to disrupt Parliament unless Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister, responded personally to allegations in a magazine last week that the State had eavesdropped on ministers’ calls. “This is turning out to be the biggest scandal,” said Rajiv Pratap Rudy, a spokesman for the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. “Why is the Government silent? We will not accept anybody’s answer except the Prime Minister,” he said.
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