New Delhi: Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh is knocking on every possible political door to gather support in his war on Congress over the phone-tapping controversy.
On Sunday he met former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu, who added his bit to the controversy by saying his phone was also tapped.
"Since the matter was raised by many Opposition leaders, I demand that an impartial inquiry should be ordered to bring forth the facts and clear the apprehensions," Naidu said.
"Naidu added that the matter should be inquired by a team of three Chief Ministers including Buddhadeb Battacharjee, Nitish Kumar and J Jayalalithaa," he said.
The issue of phone tapping has been raised earlier also by many Opposition leaders, like JD(S) leader Deve Gowda, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha and BJP Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu.
Venkaiah Naidu had earlier gone on record saying that BJP leader L K Advani's phone had been tapped. He added that an impartial inquiry should cover all allegations made by the Opposition leaders.
Amar Singh said that the people behind the phone tapping case "can go to any extent and UPA Government should be blamed if any thing happens to me."
Ever since the telephone tapping issue broke out Amar Singh has been calling on various Opposition leaders seeking their support.
On Thursday, Jayalalitha had also raised allegations against the Centre that her phones were being tapped.
Recalling the Watergate scam that unseated US President Richard Nixon "because he ordered the bugging of the Opposition party office," she said, "the Central government should take responsibility for this shocking act of infringement of the basic rights guaranteed by the Constitution."
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