I’m afraid my phone is tapped. My privacy is being infringed: Governor Tamilisai

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Hyderabad: Telangana Governor Tamilisai on Wednesday said that I’m afraid my phone is tapped. My privacy is being infringed. Speaking to the media persons at Raj Bhavan she alleged that there is an undemocratic situation in the State and she suspects her phone is being tapped.

She slammed TRS for dragging Raj Bhavan into MLAs’ poaching episode. She also said that the TRS in its official twitter account claimed that Raj Bhavan is involved in the case. This is a false allegation. My office is transparent and all my works are in the open. Raj Bhavan’s doors are open. It is not like Pragati Bhavan. I have democratised Raj Bhavan, she remarked.

They mentioned Tushar. He was my ADC. Tushar was calling me for two days to wish me Deepavali. Only after that, they mentioned Tushar’s name, she added. She was apparently referring to Tushar Vellapally, who contested Lok Sabha elections against Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad on BJP ticket in 2019.

At a news conference on November 3rd, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao had stated that one of the three accused arrested while trying to lure four MLAs of TRS spoke to Tushar over phone. KCR also released a photograph of Tushar with Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

She denied that she is sitting on bills sent by the State Government to Raj Bhavan including Telangana Universities Common Recruitment Board Bill, 2022. She wanted some clarifications from the State Government on the new procedure to be adopted for appointment of Vice-Chancellors of universities, she said. She clarified that she wants to know from the Government why a new recruitment board be formed when a procedure is already there and what is the new procedure going to be followed. How the board is to be formed and whether this will be in accordance with the UGC rules.

Governor also claimed that only after she called the press conference that the Education Minister stated that she would go to Raj Bhavan to give the clarifications. On a students’ body threatening to lay siege to Raj Bhavan if the approval to the bill was delayed, the governor said students’ fraternity was welcomed to come to Raj Bhavan and submit their memorandum.

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