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Maha: Shinde dismisses Rahul Gandhi's phone-tapping allegations as 'childish, baseless'

Kolhapur (Satara), Nov 14 (UNI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has accused Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of suffering from 'Modi phobia', alleging that he invokes Prime Minister Narendra Modi's name 'day and night' merely to remain relevant in media discussions and save his 'sinking political ship'.
Talking to reporters at his native village Dare in Satara district on Friday night, Shinde, who is on a three-day Diwali visit to the village, dismissed Gandhi's phone-tapping allegations against Prime Minister Modi as 'childish' and 'baseless'.
Gandhi had claimed that he possessed evidence on his phone to substantiate his allegations against the government and alleged that Prime Minister Modi was aware of it because his phone was being tapped.
Ridiculing the allegation, Shinde questioned whether the Prime Minister had nothing better to do than tap Gandhi's phone. He said Gandhi could have named an agency if he had any evidence, instead of repeatedly dragging the Prime Minister's name into every issue. Shinde further alleged that Gandhi had developed an 'addiction to lying' and had no concrete issues relating to development to raise.
Challenging Gandhi to substantiate his allegations, Shinde asked him to produce concrete evidence of phone tapping instead of making hollow claims about having proof in his pocket and creating a new 'fake narrative' every day.
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