Telangana Congress MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy added fuel to the phone-tapping scandal by alleging that the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government tapped the phone of K Kavitha, daughter of former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR). Even more startling, Reddy claimed the order came from her brother and BRS Working President, KT Rama Rao (KTR).
The allegation emerged amid a political slugfest between the ruling Congress and BRS over claims that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy is monitoring his own cabinet ministers.
Responding sharply to those allegations, Kiran Kumar Reddy
claimed, “KTR got his own sister’s phone tapped when they were in power. How low can one go?”
The Congress allegation came in response to KTR’s recent charge that CM Revanth Reddy had ordered surveillance on Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and other ministers.
However, Vikramarka himself denied the claim, saying, “I don’t believe any such thing is happening.”
The Congress was quick to retaliate. “Before pointing fingers at us, look at your own history,” Kiran Kumar Reddy said, spotlighting the alleged surveillance of Kavitha.