We have never tapped phones of Guv, says Karnataka HMBengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Thursday stated that the government would never engage in tapping the phones of the Governor’s office. He said this in response to the BJP’s accusations that the Karnataka government had tapped the phone of Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot. Speaking to the media in Bengaluru on Thursday, HM Parameshwara said, “We have not tapped the Governor’s phone, and there is no need for it. The BJP is making allegations based on what they did when they were in power, as if we are functioning like them.”“There is no connection between the BJP’s allegations and phone tapping. “We have never indulged in phone tapping, and we will not do so just because allegations are being raised.