India on Wednesday summoned a top US diplomat to reportedly register its objections to revelations made in a Washington Post report that America's National Security Agency (NSA) was allowed by a US court to spy on six political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Sources say that India has a lodged a strong protest over the reports of invasion of privacy of a political organization, and added that it had earlier taken this issue in July 2013.
India expects the US to revert back on the issue as soon as possible and wants an assurance that this is not repeated again, the sources added.
On Tuesday, a Washington Post report revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) of the U.S. was allowed by a U.S. court to spy on six political in the world, including the BJP.
Other parties, who were spied upon, included Pakistan People's Party and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.
The permission to NSA to spy on 193 foreign government and entities was given by America's Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court in 2010.
The classified documents accessed by the Washington Post were leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
