BRS 'extorted crores via phone tapping', claims Telangana CM Revanth Reddy

HYDERABAD: (Feb 9) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has alleged that the previous BRS regime blackmailed businessmen and extorted hundreds of crores of rupees through phone-tapping.

While addressing a public meeting at Chelpur in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district on Sunday ahead of the February 11 municipal elections, the CM dubbed the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) the "Blackmail Rajakeeya (Political) Samiti".

"They engaged in telephone tapping and did not spare opposition leaders, high court judges, or even journalists. They eavesdropped on private conversations between husbands and wives, listened in on film stars, and even blackmailed businessmen. Is there anything more atrocious on earth? Is there a greater sinner than them?" Reddy alleged.