Probe Arnab Goswami’s WhatsApp chats: Congress   

The Congress has attacked PM Modi led Central government and Republic TV Editor Arnab Goswami after over 1,000 pages of WhatsApp conversations of former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) Partho Dasgupta appeared in public domain on last Friday. The Congress party has asked the government to launch a JPC inquiry into the matter.

The purported WhatsApp conversations between Journalist Arnab Goswami and former CEO of BARC Partho Dasgupta is part of the supplementary chargesheet filed by Mumbai Police last week in the TRP scam case.

Congress has alleged that the chats show Arnab had prior knowledge of the Balakot strike — three days before it took place — and planned coverage accordingly to increase TRPs.

Congress veteran and former finance minister P Chidambaram attacked the defence minister Rajnath Singh by tagging him in a tweet. He questioned: "Did a journalist (and his friend) know about the retaliatory strike on Balakot camp three days before the actual strike? If yes, what is the guarantee that their ‘source’ did not share the information with others as well, including spies or informers working for Pakistan? How did a ‘For Your Eyes Only’ decision find its way to the government-supporting journalist?"

Congress MP Manish Tewari also attacked the Union government and tweeted: “If what sections of Media is reporting is correct then it points towards a direct linkage between Balakot air strikes and 2019 General elections. Was National Security milked for electoral purposes? Needs a JPC investigation.”

Meanwhile, the Congress party tweeted: “Nothing is sacred anymore, not the martyrdom of our brave jawans, not even National Security secrets - The BJP has sold their soul to win elections. The BJP-Arnab Nexus has been exposed & the true anti-nationals are out in the open now.”