BJP summons US Envoy for Snoopgate
posted on Jul 2, 2014 @ 4:03PM
The news about Edward Snowden who revealed that America’s NSA had spied on the BJP and 5 other political parties across the World in 2010 has led to the BJP government planning to lodge a complaint with the US administration through the Indian Ambassador or call the US Envoy as a form of Protest against this intrusion. The BJP Govt has reacted strongly after first verifying the authenticity of these revelations and has taken the stance to protest.
Today it had summoned a top US diplomat here to raise the issue, saying it was "totally unacceptable" that an Indian organization or Indian individual's privacy was transgressed upon and also sought an assurance from the US that it will not happen again.
The fact that the US Govt was already intruding into the privacy of certain individuals and parties in July and November last year the prior Govt had sought an explanation to this and was still awaiting a response from the Americans on this issue.