Andhra Pradesh Congress chief YS Sharmila Reddy on Wednesday claimed that her phone and those of her close aides were "illegally tapped" by the previous governments in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, accusing former chief ministers YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and K Chandrashekar Rao of jointly orchestrating the operation.
Addressing reporters here, Sharmila said, "My phone, my husband’s, and my associates’ phones were tapped... YV Subba Reddy (Sharmila's uncle) personally told me that my phone was being tapped.” Accusing Jagan and Rao of "colluding" to suppress her politically and financially, the APCC chief said they jointly "conspired" to sabotage her political growth, instill fear among her followers and block her rise in Telangana.
"I am Jagan Mohan Reddy’s own sister by birth, despite that they conspired so I should not grow politically or financially." Sharmila declared her willingness to cooperate with any investigation into the phone tapping allegations.
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"I am even ready to swear on the bible that our phones were truly tapped." She further said that she would cooperate fully with any official inquiry and was prepared to file a formal complaint if necessary to ensure justice.
It was reported on Tuesday that Sharmila would be divulging important information regarding a phone tapping case at Vizag airport. Today, the AP PCC chief indeed made the revelations. She started out by saying that she believed that phone tapping was done as a joint activity by the former Telangana CM KCR and erstwhile Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan. But Sharmila added that she was not sure.
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Sharmila went on to say though she was not sure about the number of phones being tapped, she knew for sure that her phone and her husband’s phones were tapped along those of her close aides.
Earlier, Sharmila slammed the Telugu Desam Party-led (TDP)-led coalition government for placing her under house arrest and preventing her from going to Amaravati region. Speaking to the media, Sharmila informed that the Congress party had constituted an Amaravati Capital Committee, with an aim to study the capital region and people’s issues there to chalk out an action plan that the party could follow. But the coalition government is afraid of the Congress committee. Hence, they have kept her under house arrest.
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