Hyderabad, Jan. 20 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Harish Rao on Tuesday described as "political gimmicks" the summons he recieved by the Special Investigation Team in the phone-tapping case.

"... It's all political gimmicks...," Rao told mediapersons at the Jubilee Hills Police Station where he was summoned for questioning in the case.

Earlier today, BRS Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) alleged that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy had issued notices to former minister Harish Rao in the phone-tapping matter solely to divert public attention from the coal scam involving his brother-in-law, Srujan Reddy.

KTR recalled that the Supreme Court had clearly stated that there was no substance in the phone-tapping case and that it was not...