Legal options on phone tapping ‘disinformation’ still open: Dhumal

Asked,if the BJP has reconciled to the Speaker’s ruling to keep the things under wraps,Dhumal said,“Any debate on the issue is illegal. But since some Congress leaders,including the Chief Minister,have gone public,we are seeking opinion of the legal experts. All options are open.”

He said,if any Congress leader makes an accusation or reveals details,which otherwise are debarred under the law and ruling of the Speaker,“we (BJP) will take him to the court”.

While reiterating that no telephone tapping was done or ordered during his tenure as Chief Minister,he claimed that previous Congress government had indulged in taping the phones of the BJP leaders.

On the issue of renaming of BJP government’s schemes started in the name of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,Dhumal said: “There is no scheme,which the Congress government started and BJP government named it after Vajpayee. If Congress wants to start new schemes,they were most welcome. But why change the names?”