India News: The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday asked the government to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the purported
NBA demands suspension of Republic TV s IBF membership, questions past data released by BARC
The NBA demanded that Republic TV s IBF membership should be suspended with immediate effect. (Representative image: Reuters)
Updated: Jan 18, 2021, 10:46 PM IST
The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) on Monday expressed its shock and disappointment to see hundreds of WhatsApp messages that have been exchanged between Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and former Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) head Partho Dasgupta and demanded the suspension of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) membership of Republic TV with immediate effect.
In a statement, the Rajat Sharma-headed NBA said it is shocked to see hundreds of WhatsApp messages that have been exchanged between BARC India s former CEO Partho Dasgupta and Arnab Goswami, Managing Director, ARG Outlier Media Pvt. Ltd .
The BJP should clarify its position on Arnab Goswami, he said. Dasgupta, who was arrested in the fake Television Rating Point (TRP) case, is now in the ICU of state-run JJ hospital in central Mumbai.
Updated Jan 18, 2021 · 09:41 am Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. | Screenshot/Facebook
Pakistan on Sunday said the February 2019 Pulwama attack was a “false flag operation” staged by India’s Bharatiya Janata Party government to malign its neighbour’s image. Pakistan cited the purported WhatsApp chats of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, which suggested that he had prior knowledge about the Balakot airstrikes.
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.
NCP demands JPC on purported chats between Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, BARC head Partho Dasgupta
Dasgupta, who was arrested in the fake Television Rating Point case, is now in the ICU of state-run JJ hospital in central Mumbai.
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MUMBAI: 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 airstrikes, 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.