Computers hacked in PMO show China's aggressive designs: BJP

BJP today expressed concern over outgoing NSA MK Narayanan's revelation that computers in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) were hacked allegedly by Chinese hackers, saying this reinforced the Opposition's contention on the aggressive designs of the neighbouring country.

"If the National Security Advisor's computer is being hacked, how will this country remain secure. This is an alarming situation.....it reinforces our allegation of aggressive Chinese designs," BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

Narayanan had stated in an interview to The Times, London that computers in the  PMO had been hacked and suspected it was done by the Chinese.

Prasad alleged that this revelation had also falsified government claims that the two countries were maintaining good relations. "What kind of example is this of intimate and friendly relations with China?" he asked.

The Rajya Sabha MP maintained that after this incident the government should also make clear the extent of Chinese incursions into Indian territory.

Prasad said the BJP would also like to be informed about the present security arrangement of computers in the PMO.

"From this incident, shall we deduce how the NSA was functioning for the last five years?" he said. Narayanan has been appointed Governor of West Bengal.