<p>Congress workers here protested the Delhi Police summons in a phone-tapping case to the party’s chief whip in the Rajasthan Assembly, Mahesh Joshi.</p>.<p>The Delhi Police had asked the Congress leader to appear before it on June 24 for questioning in the case lodged on a complaint by Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who is also the BJP MP from Jodhpur.</p>.<p>Joshi had refused to appear before police.</p>.<p>The phone-tapping controversy had erupted in July last year in Rajasthan. Audio clips of alleged telephonic conversations between Shekhawat and Congress leaders surfaced amidst a rebellion against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot by his then deputy Sachin Pilot and 18 party MLAs supporting him.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/rajasthan-congress-chief-whip-calls-gajendra-singh-shekhawat-a-fugitive-draws-sharp-reaction-from-bjp-1001069.html" target="_blank">Rajasthan Congress chief whip calls Gajendra Singh Shekhawat a 'fugitive', draws sharp reaction from BJP</a></strong></p>.<p>Congress leaders backing Gehlot had alleged that BJP leaders were indulging in horse-trading to topple the state government.</p>.<p>Congress workers from the Hawamahal constituency assembled at Badi Chaupad and raised slogans against Shekhawat. They waved posters with slogans against Shekhawat and called him a “fugitive”.</p>.<p>“Shekhawat should apologise from Mahesh Joshi. He should also come to Jaipur to give voice samples to the Anti-Corruption Bureau,” a local Congress worker said, in an apparent reference to the telephonic conversations allegedly aimed at toppling the state government last year.</p>.<p>They made a human chain and protested for nearly two hours. </p>
<p>Congress workers here protested the Delhi Police summons in a phone-tapping case to the party’s chief whip in the Rajasthan Assembly, Mahesh Joshi.</p>.<p>The Delhi Police had asked the Congress leader to appear before it on June 24 for questioning in the case lodged on a complaint by Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who is also the BJP MP from Jodhpur.</p>.<p>Joshi had refused to appear before police.</p>.<p>The phone-tapping controversy had erupted in July last year in Rajasthan. Audio clips of alleged telephonic conversations between Shekhawat and Congress leaders surfaced amidst a rebellion against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot by his then deputy Sachin Pilot and 18 party MLAs supporting him.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/rajasthan-congress-chief-whip-calls-gajendra-singh-shekhawat-a-fugitive-draws-sharp-reaction-from-bjp-1001069.html" target="_blank">Rajasthan Congress chief whip calls Gajendra Singh Shekhawat a 'fugitive', draws sharp reaction from BJP</a></strong></p>.<p>Congress leaders backing Gehlot had alleged that BJP leaders were indulging in horse-trading to topple the state government.</p>.<p>Congress workers from the Hawamahal constituency assembled at Badi Chaupad and raised slogans against Shekhawat. They waved posters with slogans against Shekhawat and called him a “fugitive”.</p>.<p>“Shekhawat should apologise from Mahesh Joshi. He should also come to Jaipur to give voice samples to the Anti-Corruption Bureau,” a local Congress worker said, in an apparent reference to the telephonic conversations allegedly aimed at toppling the state government last year.</p>.<p>They made a human chain and protested for nearly two hours. </p>