Times of Islamabad

Indian Congress asks Modi government to probe the Chatgate scandal linked with Balakot Airstrike

Indian Congress asks Modi government to probe the Chatgate scandal linked with Balakot Airstrike

In India, main opposition party Congress has asked the Modi government toconstitute a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the ‘Chatgate’involving Arnab Goswami and former head of Broadcast Audience ResearchCouncil Partho Dasgupta.

In a tweet, former minister for Information and broadcasting Manish Tewarisaid it points towards a direct linkage between so-called Balakot airstrikes and 2019 general elections.

He raised the question whether national security was milked for electoralpurposes.

Another Congress veteran and former home minister Chidambaram in a tweetalso raised the point that how did a journalist knew about so-calledBalakot air strikes three days before.