BJP MLAs called the Siddaramaiah-led government a “phone tapping government”, and questioned how the state ministers were accessing information on the phone calls received by the Lok Bhavan and the governor. “Is the government tapping the Raj Bhavan (Lok Bhavan) phones, to know about the Governor getting calls from Delhi.”As several BJP members stood in support of Kumar and questioned whether the government was tapping Lok Bhavan phones, things turned chaotic in the Assembly. Another BJP MLA Sunil Kumar said the Law Minister has accepted that the government was tapping the Lok Bhavan phones. Is phone tapping happening,” he asked. Following this Sunil Kumar and other BJP members alleged that the state government has stooped to the level of tapping the Governor’s phone.