‘Treason’: Cong On Arnab Chats, Demands Investigation   

Upping the ante against the government over journalist Arnab Goswami's purported social media chat leak, the Congress on Wednesday described it as an act of "treason" and demanded an immediate inquiry into the leak of such classified information about the Balakot air strike. It said that the party will raise the issue during Parliament's Budget Session.

Congress party took to their official twitter handle to target the government via series of tweets. In first tweet, party wrote: “The most important question of all, who leaked top secret level military information to Arnab Goswami and violated the Official Secrets Act?”

In another tweet, Congress wrote: “Is this how the system works? BJP's preferred journalists get access to military secrets & in return they never question the govt, they propagate lies in favour of the govt & spread vile & incendiary lies about Opposition parties & dissenters?”

In last tweet Congress wrote: “Will the govt conduct an investigation or do they believe that BJP leaders & their stooges are above the law?”

Meanwhile, Congress leader and former Defence Minister A.K. Antony termed this as a ‘serious issue’. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters Antony said, "The contents of the leaked chats between Goswami of Republic TV and the former CEO of BARC is a serious issue for the entire nation."

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Rahul Gandhi also slammed the government and said that leaking sensitive information related to national security to a journalist is a "criminal act" and persons behind this should be put in prison.

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.