Bengaluru, Nov. 14 -- Senior Congress leader B K Hariprasad on Saturday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over alleged phone-tapping of Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, saying phone tapping is not new for Modi and he was famous for it when he was Gujarat Chief Minister.

"Our beloved leader Rahul Gandhi has openly stated that his phone is being tapped, and has directly accused Narendra Modi, the Mahamanav, that Modi himself is getting it tapped. Telephone tapping and snooping is nothing new. When he was Chief Minister of Gujarat, by including some women and even forming an STF, phone tapping was very famous. Now our most beloved leader Rahul Gandhi has given an open statement on this," said Hariprasad.

He said the Prime Mi...