AMARAVATI: The Twitter account of
Andhra Pradesh's main opposition
Telugu Desam Party (
TDP) was hacked on Saturday.
TDP national general secretary
Nara Lokesh
on Saturday announced that the official Twitter account of TDP has been hacked.
He said that the hackers have shared various posts on the Twitter handle and added that the party is trying to recover the account.
He said in a tweet: 'Kindly note that our official party account @jaitdp has been hacked by nefarious elements. We are working with Twitter India to restore the account.'
The ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has demanded a probe into the allegation.
The development comes amid the ongoing row over West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's allegation that the previous TDP government had purchased spyware from Pegasus.
Reacting to the allegation, Nara Lokesh revealed that the TDP government had rejected the offer of Pegasus to sell its spyware to the state.
Lokesh clarified that the former state government did not purchase any spyware.
'She was misinformed. If we had resorted to such things,
Jagan Mohan Reddy would not have come to power in 2019,' he said.