<p>The Twitter account of Andhra Pradesh's main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) was hacked on Saturday.</p>.<p>TDP General Secretary Nara Lokesh, son of TDP president and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, 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."</p>.<p>The account was apparently hacked in the early hours of Saturday and the hackers posted a tweet from SpaceX.</p>.<p>In response to this, dozens of messages were posted by the TDP's Twitter handle like 'awesome', 'love this', and 'great job'.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Reacting to the allegation, Nara Lokesh revealed that the TDP government had rejected the offer of Pegasus to sell its spyware to the state.</p>.<p>Lokesh, who was Minister for Information Technology in the TDP cabinet, clarified that the former state government did not purchase any spyware.</p>.<p>'She was misinformed. If we had resorted to such things, Jagan Mohan Reddy would not have come to power in 2019,' he said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has demanded a probe into the allegation.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>The Twitter account of Andhra Pradesh's main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) was hacked on Saturday.</p>.<p>TDP General Secretary Nara Lokesh, son of TDP president and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, 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."</p>.<p>The account was apparently hacked in the early hours of Saturday and the hackers posted a tweet from SpaceX.</p>.<p>In response to this, dozens of messages were posted by the TDP's Twitter handle like 'awesome', 'love this', and 'great job'.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Reacting to the allegation, Nara Lokesh revealed that the TDP government had rejected the offer of Pegasus to sell its spyware to the state.</p>.<p>Lokesh, who was Minister for Information Technology in the TDP cabinet, clarified that the former state government did not purchase any spyware.</p>.<p>'She was misinformed. If we had resorted to such things, Jagan Mohan Reddy would not have come to power in 2019,' he said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has demanded a probe into the allegation.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>