Arnab Goswami’s knowledge of Balakot strike is breach of national security, says Shiv Sena
The Nationalist Congress Party asked the Centre to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the purported WhatsApp chats. Updated Jan 18, 2021 · 03:36 pm A file photo of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut speaking in Rajya Sabha. | PTI
The Shiv Sena on Monday became the latest political party to demand action against journalist Arnab Goswami over his purported WhatsApp messages that suggest he had prior knowledge of the Balakot airstrike, reported the
Hindustan Times. The party said the alleged collusion between Goswami and the central government was a breach of India’s national security.
The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday asked the government to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the purported chats between Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and former Broadcast Audience Research Council head Partho Dasgupta. Referring to the purported chats widely reported in media which mentioned that Goswami was privy to the Balakot air strikes, NCP chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said, It is extremely shocking and disturbing to know how issues related to national security have been used to gain TRPs. Tapase said he will meet Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday on the issue and seek clarification from Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the chatgate .
In its statement, NBA said that that the IBF membership of Republic TV should be suspended with immediate effect till the case related to manipulation of ratings is pending in the court.
Sunday 17 January, 2021 | 9:47 AM
MUMBAI: “Bigger than a normal strike.” That is what Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami told Partho Dasgupta, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Broadcast Audience Research Council , which measures television ratings, in a purported WhatsApp chat on February 23, 2019.
Three days later, on February 26, 2019, the Indian Air Force carried out a strike targeting a Jaish-e-Mohammad training camp in the Pakistani town of Balakot. The attack was billed as India’s response to an attack on February 14, 2019, in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed after an explosive-laden car driven by a suicide bomber rammed into their bus.