Partho-Arnab chats: Congress demands joint parliamentary committee investigation

If the Narendra Modi government was hoping to brush under the carpet the grave questions kicked up by leaked WhatsApp chats a week ago, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Friday chose to play spoilsport.

The CWC demanded a time-bound investigation by a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to punish the “treasonous behaviour” of those “exposed” by the purported chats between Republic TV managing director Arnab Goswami and the then BARC chief Partho Dasgupta.

The CWC passed a resolution condemning the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others in the government.

Their silence is proof of their collusion, complicity and guilt, the Congress said, adding that people in the highest echelons of the government were involved.