New Delhi, November 14, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Congress leader and Indian Overseas Congress Chairman Sam Pitroda has appeared to differ with Rahul Gandhi over the latter’s allegation of phone tapping by the Central government, saying he does not believe Prime Minister Narendra Modi is involved in such activities.
In an interview with NDTV, the 84-year-old technology expert said, “PM doesn’t do that. PM doesn’t take a screwdriver and get on a computer.” However, Pitroda claimed that his own phone had been tapped and his laptop attacked.
“My phone is tapped, my laptop is attacked, my bank accounts are under surveillance. I have consulted experts, and they have, after examining my devices, cautioned me about tapping,” he said, without identifying who he believed was responsible.
On Friday, Rahul Gandhi alleged that evidence of Prime Minister Modi being under the control of “foreign powers” was already on his phone, claiming that the Prime Minister knew what the evidence was because his phone was being tapped.
Pitroda, whose full name is Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda, has also been in the news recently over an exchange of festive greetings with Modi. The interaction prompted clarification that the two leaders shared a cordial relationship as Gujaratis.
A telecom inventor, entrepreneur and policymaker, Pitroda has worked in information and communications technology for five decades and is credited with laying the foundation for India’s telecommunications and technology revolution in the 1980s.
The BJP has hit back at Gandhi over his phone-tapping allegation, recalling controversies surrounding alleged surveillance of senior ministers during the UPA regime. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also referred to the controversy involving then Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in 2011.
The Congress, meanwhile, has demanded an investigation to establish the truth behind the allegations.
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