HDK rules out involvement in phone tapping of seer

Amid reports that the phone of Nirmalananda Swamiji, an influential seer of the dominant Vokkaliga community was also tapped during the coalition Government led by him, former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday ruled out any involvement in it.

He also said the allegation has caused him “unbearable pain.”

The JD(S) leader said unnecessarily his name was being linked to the case, and the seer was a moral support and guide for him.

“The reports about tapping of Nirmalananda Swamiji’s phone during my administration and statements by political leaders regarding it has caused unbearable pain to my heart.