MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2013 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU PM cannot be counted out from Snooping: Centre to probe alleged misuse of State machinery: Shinde MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, be taken”. Sources said a state Home have tapped the telephone of the committee headed by a retied Minister’s alleged disregard for those involved in scams: BJP Dec 1: “Union and State Home sec- Secretary is empowered to woman when she was even in judge of the Gujarat High Court. law and intrusion into the privacy NEW DELHI, Dec 1: Advani rued that though the The Centre today said it will retaries have been authorised to order phone tapping of a person Maharashtra and Karnataka, Congress has been demand- of the woman concerned whose country has an economist PM, take action against (illegal) within the State but when the besides Gujarat, without taking ing an independent investigation family hailed from Kutch. Attacking Prime Minister inquire into alleged misuse of the extent to which the economy snooping,” he said in Mumbai. surveillance is carried out in any authorisation from Union into the alleged illegal surveil- The party questioned the use Manmohan Singh, BJP today State machinery in Gujarat in has been mismanaged was not BJP sources said the party multiple states, permission of Home Secretary, the sources lance of the woman. of State agencies like anti-ter- alleged that he cannot be count- the wake of alleged “snooping” seen before. He further said would not like to respond to Union Home Secretary is said. Congress has been maintain- rorist squad and State intelli- ed out among those responsible on a woman from the State there is policy paralysis in the Shinde’s remark for the mandatory. The Gujarat Government has ing that the episode raised ques- gence to keep tabs on the for the slew of scams - from allegedly at the behest of Amit UPA regime. moment. The Gujarat Police seems to already constituted an inquiry tions about the Gujarat Chief woman. (PTI) Commonwealth Games scandal Shah, a close aide of BJP’s Raking up the issue of black Prime Ministerial candidate to Coalgate - that have taken money stashed abroad, Advani place in UPA dispensation. Narendra Modi. HAPPY said though the UPA Government Senior BJP leader L K Advani The illegal surveillance on charged that there has not been a brought out a White Paper on it the woman architect, allegedly BIRTHDAY worse period in the entire history under pressure from the by the Gujarat Police was appar- Many-many of the country since Independence Opposition, it has not been able to ently in violation of phone tap- happy returns than the last ten years - since UPA bring back any money kept ille- ping rules as it was reportedly of the day to came to power. gally in foreign shores. carried out without the mandato- Sh. Raman Advani also expressed his “Starting from the ry permission from the Centre Bhalla unhappiness at the arrest of Commonwealth Games scam when she went out of the State. (Sher-e-Jammu) there have been several scams whistleblower MPs from the Asked if Modi should face Hon’ble Minister one after the other...From CWG BJP who had exposed alleged prosecution for alleged misuse for Housing, to Coalgate. Initially they said attempts to bribe them during of State machinery, Union Home Horticulture and our allies are involved, not us. the Trust Vote on July 22, 2008 Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Culture. Now even the Prime Minister in Parliament. They were said “inquiry will be conducted Courtesy: Sandeep (Sandy) cannot be counted out,” Advani recently exonerated. (PTI) about all this and decision will said. He also targeted UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, say- ing the PM does not do anything without her consent and permis- sion, and hence she is also equally culpable in the scams, including the reported anom- alies in Coal block allocations. “The Government is not made by one individual but comprises of several people,” Advani said. Asked if he was holding the Prime Minister directly respon- sible for Coalgate, he said, “I hold this Government responsi- ble for it.” Advani insisted that the Government cannot put all the blame for scams on its allies. “Even during the Vajpayee Government there were allies. But whenever there was a charge against any leader- even belonging to an ally party- he was asked to leave. There was, of course, no question of any charge being levelled against Atal Bihari Vajpayee or any BJP minister,” he said.