Arrest Arnab for treason , demands Maha Congress
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Fri, Jan 22 2021 20:51 IST |
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Mumbai, Jan 22 : The Maharashtra Congress on Friday held protests in all the districts and different cities demanding the arrest of Republic TV Editor in Chief Arnab Goswami for treason under the Official Secrets Act, 1923, party leaders said here.
At various places in the state, a large number of Congress activists protested by hurling stones and shoes at photos of Goswami, garlanding his portraits with chappals, and raising slogans against him and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Led by state Congress President and Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat, several ministers, legislators, state and district party leaders joined the agitations across all the 36 districts of Maharashtra.
CWC passes resolution on farmers protest, calls for repeal of three objectionable laws ANI | Updated: Jan 22, 2021 16:43 IST
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): Attacking the Central government for deceiving and hoodwinking the farmers, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) passed a resolution on Friday which stated that there is only one demand of India s farmers repeal the three objectionable laws. There is only one demand of India s farmers and farm labourers repeal the three objectionable laws. But the Government continues to side-step, malign, deceive and hoodwink the farmers by attempting to tire out, intimidate and divide the farmers. Let the BJP Government understand one unequivocal truth - India s farmers shall neither bow down nor be cowed down, Congress said in a statement.
Arnabgate: Evaluating crime and punishment A deeper look at the potential consequences of the startling contents of Arnab Goswami’s alleged Whatsapp exchange
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Recently, nearly 500 pages of transcripts of what are allegedly text messages shared between Republic TV’s Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, and Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC)’s former chief Executive Officer Partho Dasgupta, were leaked.
The leaked pages are allegedly a part of a 3,000-word supplementary charge-sheet filed by the Maharashtra Police against Goswami and his co-accused in a case of alleged tampering of Television Rating Points (TRP). They not only allegedly reveal Goswami’s proximity to top government officials and influence in those circles, but also appear to suggest that this proximity might have led Goswami to have access to top secret information.
Unholy nexus
January 19, 2021
There is an idiom in Western politics, ‘wag the dog’, which refers to creating a diversion from a damaging issue. With regard to the media, it is also referred to as changing the news cycle. When done effectively, it can help politicians survive even the most crippling of scandals or other problems. Some of the more famous military examples could include the Falklands War, which helped British PM Margret Thatcher win an election she was expected to lose, and US President George HW Bush’s Iraq invasion, which was not enough to carry him to victory. US President Bill Clinton’s bombing of Sudan and Afghanistan and President Donald Trump’s assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani are also examples that helped divert attention from non-election issues their respective impeachments.