TDP Twitter account hacked: Nara Lokesh

TDP national general secretary Nara Lokesh on Saturday announced that the official Twitter account of Telugu Desam Party (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 recovery the account.

The official Twitter account of TDP showcases the pictures of a starbase shared by SpaceX twitter handle.

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, who was Minister for Information Technology in the TDP cabinet, 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.

Meanwhile, the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has demanded a probe into the allegation.