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 to constitute a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the 'Chatgate' involving Arnab Goswami and former head of Broadcast Audience Research Council Partho Dasgupta.

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

He raised the question whether national security was milked for electoral purposes.

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