TRP scam: NCP demands JPC probe into Arnab Goswami-Partho Dasgupta’s WhatsApp chats
Mirror Online / Updated: Jan 18, 2021, 10:33 IST
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has demanded an investigation by a Joint Parliamentary Committee into the
WhatsApp chats between Republic TV editor-in-chief
Arnab Goswami and
Partho Dasgupta, the former CEO of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC).
In a statement released on Monday by NCP chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase, the party has alleged that the chats have shown that issues related to national security have been used to gain TRP.
The
Mumbai Police is currently investigating the TV rating point (TRP) manipulation case and have submitted over 3,000 pages charge-sheet. The purported WhatsApp chat that runs over 500 pages is part of this additional charge-sheet of the
TRP scam: Uddhav government starts gathering information on chats between Arnab Goswami, ex-BARC CEO
The purported leaked WhatsApp chats widely reported in media mentioned that Goswami, the editor-in-chief of Republic TV, was privy to the Balakot air strikes.
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NASHIK: The Maharashtra government is gathering information about the leaked social media chats between Arnab Goswami and BARC ex-CEO Partho Dasgupta in which highly sensitive things like Balakot airstrike and Pulwama attack were mentioned, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has said, adding the issue will be discussed by the Cabinet on Tuesday.
The purported chats widely reported in media mentioned that Goswami, the editor-in-chief of Republic TV, was privy to the Balakot air strikes.
NCP Demands Panel To Probe Purported Chats Between Arnab Goswami, Partho Dasgupta
The question also arises how Arnab was privy to such sensitive information. The government should identify the source and immediately take action, says NCP File photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-18T13:26:27+05:30 NCP Demands Panel To Probe Purported Chats Between Arnab Goswami, Partho Dasgupta outlookindia.com 2021-01-18T14:27:34+05:30
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday urged the government to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee in the investigation case on the purported chats exchanged between Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and former Broadcast Audience Research Council head Partho Dasgupta.
Updated Jan 18, 2021 | 19:21 IST
The WhatsApp chats are a part of the supplementary charge sheet filed by the Mumbai Police in this case. Anil Deshmukh | Photo Credit: ANI
Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh will be chairing a high-level meeting on Tuesday to decide upon the next course of action in the Arnab Chat Gate. The state government is also looking into how Goswami got access to sensitive information such as on matters pertaining to Balakot airstrikes in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack. We are gathering information about the leaked chats between Arnab Goswami and Partho Dasgupta. Some highly sensitive things including the Balakot airstrike & the Pulwama attack have been mentioned in the chats, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said, news agency ANI reported.