NCP Seeks Joint Parliamentary Committee Probe Into Arnab 'Chatgate'

Nationalist Congress Party on January 18 demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee to investigate chats exchanged by Arnab Goswami and ex-Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) head, Partho Dasgupta. Blaming him for endangering national security over TRP gains, the NCP spokesperson Mahesh Tapase queried Arnab's privy to the Balakot Airstrikes. Tapase said he would meet Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and union minister Amit Shah for further clarification concerning the purported chats.