General Elections 2014: Rahul Gandhi rakes up 'Snoopgate scandal' at Narendra Modi

NEW DELHI: In yet another clear signal of Congress sharpening its attack on BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, party vice-president Rahul Gandhi raked up the ‘ Snoopgate scandal’ in Gujarat, for the first time, and asked how the people of India could feel safe under “Modi's so-called Gujarat model since in Gujarat, policemen are sent behind women, women's phones are tapped by policemen”.

Addressing an election rally in South Delhi on Sunday, Rahul Gandhi said, “I saw a BJP poster which said they wanted to empower women. There are talks of Gujarat model. People say there is a lot of progress in Gujarat. But in Gujarat, policemen are sent behind women, women's phones are tapped by policemen. UPA government does not do such work. We give empowerment to women”.

This is the first time Gandhi has publically targeted Modi over the ‘Snoopgate scandal’, involving the reported surveillance of a woman in Gujarat under the alleged order of Modi. A sting operation by Cobrapost had shown a recorded conversation of Modi's aide Amit Shah with senior police officers in which the direction for snooping of the woman was said to have come from one 'saheb', the nickname attributed to Modi.