Arnab Goswami and ex-BARC CEO Chats go viral, Netizens make a criticism on Arnab with #RepublicTV
Mumbai Police has been released the 500 pages of Whatsapp conversations between Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami and ex-CEO BARC, Partho Dasgupta. Soon after revealing the news, a group of netizens has started to criticize Arnab Goswami with #RepublicTV.
According to the report, the screenshots show the executive making suggestions to Republic TV on strategies to boost ratings.
Goswami in return appears to have kept Dasgupta informed about government affairs, including the workings of the information and broadcasting ministry, cabinet reshuffle, the appointment of secretaries, and more.
After the alleged WhatsApp chats went viral on Twitter, one such conversation that emerged is Goswami discussing the abrogation of Article 370. In the WhatsApp chat of 2019 with Dasgupta, Arnab had allegedly sent 50 crew members to Jammu and Kashmir on August 3, just two days before the major announcement.
https://twitter.com/abhijeet_dipke/status/1349962790002327554
The alleged chats also reveal that Goswami had met National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, two days before the abrogation of Article 370. The alleged leaked chats reveal that Goswami knew when the Article 370 abrogation discussion would happen and also bragged about how people were just watching Republic TV and Republic Bharat. The alleged chats also include comments on Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti and how the channel had broken various news before others.
These are a few snapshots of the damning leaked WhatsApp chats between BARC CEO & #ArnabGoswami. They show many conspiracies&unprecedented access to power in this govt; gross abuse of his media&his position as power broker. In any Rule of law country, he would be in jail for long pic.twitter.com/6aGOR6BRQJ
— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) January 15, 2021
In another alleged chat, Goswami purportedly says that “all ministers are with us” while discussing the channel’s chance of progressing.
The 500-page extensive document also reveals how Goswami manipulated TRPs and how Das Gupta told Goswami that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) reform proposal to measure TV viewership digitally using special software installed in the set-top box would politically hurt both the Republic channel and the BJP.
