Overview
- Home Minister G. Parameshwara said the government has never tapped phones and has no need to do so, rejecting BJP allegations tied to the Governor’s office.
- BJP leaders latched onto Law Minister H. K. Patil’s remark about calls from Delhi to argue Raj Bhavan phones were monitored and pressed for a CBI investigation with call records placed before the House.
- IT/BT Minister Priyank Kharge countered the BJP by alleging calls to Lok Bhavan also came from Keshava Krupa, the RSS’s Karnataka headquarters.
- Repeated disruptions stalled proceedings in both Houses, with the Assembly adjourned and the Legislative Council washed out for multiple days, including the Opposition leader tearing the rule book.
- Presiding officers urged restraint, with Speaker U. T. Khader asking members not to discuss the Governor’s conduct, as the standoff persisted without independent evidence produced.