New Delhi: India on Wednesday summoned a top US diplomat in Delhi to raise the issue of reports of BJP being spied upon by US National Security Agency (NSA), saying it was “totally unacceptable” that an Indian organisation or Indian individual’s privacy was transgressed upon.
India also sought an assurance from the US that it will not happen again.
India also noted that it had raised the issue with the US administration in Washington and the Embassy in Delhi in July and November last year when reports emerged that NSA had spied upon individuals and entities and said it was still awaiting a response from American on this.
Notify that India had reacted sharply when the reports of snooping by NSA came to light after revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden last year.
A document which was made public on Monday by ‘The Washington Post’ claimed that BJP figures in the list of foreign political parties along with Lebanon’s Amal, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and the Pakistan Peoples Party on whom the National Security Agency (NSA) was given permission to carry out surveillance.
The document lists the 193 foreign governments as well as foreign factions and other entities that were part of a 2010 certification approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The list includes India.
Bureau Report
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