No vendetta, other snooping cases will be probed too: Shinde

The Home Minister said the inquiry ordered by the Gujarat government, to be conducted by a retired high court judge, cannot be compared with the Centre's order for probe as the Commission of Inquiry will cover multiple states while the Gujarat inquiry was concentrated only within the state.

Shinde said there were several cases in the states of Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi and the Commission of Inquiry will cover all of them.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh was allegedly snooped on by the previous BJP government when he was not in office and that case will be probed by the Commission of Inquiry, he said.

According to Home Ministry sources, the previous Prem Singh Dhumal government allegedly destroyed all records of snooping on Singh before the new government was formed.  BJP had hit out at the Government for setting up the inquiry, saying it smacks of political vindictiveness and a witch-hunt targeting Narendra Modi while indicating it will be challenged in court for “violation” of Centre-state ties.