00:00Well, that's not all when we speak of flashpoints that's coming up between the Congress and the BJP,
00:06because during his latest debate there to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi has now alleged that his phone is
00:13being tapped.
00:15Well, it reminds us all of another story that had panned out a few years back,
00:20so let's take you through the details of what's happening here now.
00:22The remark has stoked a massive political storm with the BJP gunning for Rahul Gandhi,
00:27asking him to substantiate his claim and debate with the Prime Minister in the upcoming Parliament session.
00:32Take a look at this news report to understand what exactly has come out this time.
00:46The proof is here. It's in this phone. The Prime Minister knows it because he taps my phone.
00:56After alleged Snoop Gage storm in 2021, now a big phone-tapping charge.
01:05Rahul Gandhi set the cat among the pigeon with the remarks that his phone is being tapped by Prime Minister
01:11Modi.
01:13BJP lashed out at the leader of opposition,
01:16alleging that a person holding such an important position must not make wild allegations.
01:44BJP urged Rahul Gandhi not to shoot and scoot and provide substantial proof of his claims.
01:50It seems that Mr. Rahul Gandhi is obsessed with this new strategy of his.
01:56Make a false, blatant and rather outrageous allegation.
02:00Something like my phone is being tapped.
02:03Provide no evidence.
02:05And then sit back and say I need to have a debate with the Honourable Prime Minister.
02:11The remark from Rahul Gandhi snowballed into a massive political storm
02:15after he once again dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to debate with him one-on-one
02:21and allege that his phone had been tapped.
02:24In a post on social media, Rahul claimed that his phone has details of the Prime Minister allegedly receiving foreign
02:31help.
02:32The proof is here.
02:34It's in this phone.
02:36The Prime Minister knows it because he taps my phone.
02:40The moment he comes for the debate, one-on-one debate,
02:45everybody will know who's controlled by foreign powers,
02:49who's an anti-national,
02:51since when he's been an anti-national,
02:53and lots of other details that I know and are on my phone.
02:57India Block partners have also come out in support of Rahul Gandhi.
03:25With political temperatures rising ahead of the winter session,
03:29this phone-tapping allegation has added a new flashpoint to the ongoing war of words.
03:36Bureau Report, India Today.
