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  • Providing official secret information to journalist ‘criminal act’: Rahul Gandhi on purported Arnab chats

    Providing official secret info to a journalist is a “criminal act” and each the giver and the receiver must go to jail, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi mentioned on Tuesday referring to the purported WhatsApp chats of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami doing the rounds of social media.
    Addressing a press convention, Gandhi mentioned solely 5 folks — Prime Minister, Defence Minister, Home Minister, Air Force chief and National Security Advisor — have been aware of the data, referring to allegations that the reported chats confirmed Goswami being aware of the Balakot air strikes beforehand.
    “Information was with 4-5 people. In such missions, information is not given to the pilot, it was with the Air Chief, Prime Minister, Home Minister, Defence Minister and NSA. Out of these five people, one has given information to this person. This is a criminal act. We will have to find out who did it, and both (the giver and the receiver) will have to go to jail,” he mentioned.
    “This process should start, but this process will not start because the prime minister may have given the information,” he alleged.
    Addressing a press convention right here, Gandhi mentioned, “The law will take its own course, but I have an observation. This was top-secret information, this was not provided to anybody else.”
    “Giving official secret information to a journalist is a criminal act, both on the part of the person who accepted it and on the part of the person who gave it,” he mentioned.
    These folks name themselves patriots, however there may be nothing patriotic about placing the Air Force in danger, the Congress chief mentioned.
    He mentioned there may be nothing patriotic about taking political benefit over the strikes.

    “If Mr Arnab Goswami knows, if it is on his WhatsApp, I assume the Pakistanis also know it. It is not a very big jump. It is a criminal act and that investigation should begin,” Gandhi mentioned.
    Referring to the contents of the purported chats, Gandhi mentioned the distressing factor is that after the 2019 Pulwama assault, the journalist mentioned that “this is good for us”.

    “This is a reflection of the mind of the prime minister that it is good that 40 of our people have been killed and we will win the elections,” he alleged.
    On February 26, 2019, India had launched airstrikes on what was mentioned to be JeM”s coaching camp in Pakistan”s Balakot.

  • Govt, BJP all underlined robust reply after Pulwama assault, had singled out Pakistan

    On Sunday, the Congress accused the federal government of compromising nationwide safety, based mostly on leaked WhatsApp chats of Republic’s Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami with former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) Partho Dasgupta, discussing the federal government’s response after the Pulwama assault and saying “something big will happen…bigger than a normal strike” on February 23, three days forward of the Balakot airstrikes. “On Pakistan the government is confident of striking in a way that people will be elated. Exact words used,” Goswami purportedly stated.
    To which Dasgupta replied: “Good… He will sweep the polls then.” The Balakot strikes occurred on February 26.
    Comments by senior political leaders from that point counsel that the federal government had been vocal a few “befitting response” from India.
    On February 15, only a day after the Pulwama assault, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated at two separate occasions — the flag-off ceremony of Vande Bharat Express and at a public assembly in Jhansi – that the safety forces have been given “full freedom” to decide on a “time and place” for the “future course of action”. He promised a “muhtod jawab” (befitting reply) for the assault that killed 40 CRPF personnel.
    Underlining that the nation’s “blood is boiling”, Modi stated the “terror outfits and their masters” have made “a big mistake” and “will have to pay a very heavy price” for his or her actions.
    On February 16, Modi, whereas addressing a public assembly after inaugurating a number of growth tasks in north Maharashtra’s Dhule, stated, “I want to assure each family who lost their loved one that each drop of tear will be avenged.”
    Then Home Minister Rajnath Singh stated on February 14, “The attack was carried out by Pakistan backed Jaish-e-Mohammed. I assure the country a strong reply will be given.”
    Amit Shah, the then president of the BJP, had additionally focused Pakistan in his public addresses and asserted that the federal government will avenge the assault.

    On February 17, Shah, whereas addressing a youth rally in Assam’s Lakhimpur, stated “Their [CRPF jawans’] sacrifice won’t go in vain as it’s not the Congress government which is at the Centre, it is the BJP which is at the Centre.”
    Late on Sunday night time, Pakistan Foreign Ministry cited the WhatsApp chats to assert that these present proof of how this complete enterprise was “scripted”, “stoked hyper-nationalism” within the nation and “deviously” manipulated nationwide sentiment in its bid to win elections.
    Responding to Pakistan’s assertion, Republic Media Network stated that it had on March 6 offered proof of the Balakot air strikes that had “deeply embarrassed the Pakistan state machinery and its intelligence apparatus”.

  • After the Pulwama assault, the case was closed on the scholars who made improper remarks on the military, VHP raised questions

    The police right here on Saturday lodged a ultimate report within the case of three feminine college students of Kashmir learning in Bareilly, IVRI, who allegedly made controversial feedback on the troopers of Bareilly. The police has given a clear chit to all these college students. In protest, the delegation of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will meet the Additional Director General of Police (ADG) of Bareilly Zone and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of the district on Monday. Pawan Arora, the in-charge and division chairman of the 4 VHP districts, stated Sunday that it’s unlucky to present a clear chit to those that remark in opposition to the troopers of the nation. He stated, ‘Anyone who feedback in opposition to the military needs to be punished. We is not going to tolerate such motion in any respect and on this case the delegation of Vishwa Hindu Parishad will meet the ADG Police and SSP of Bareilly on Monday. He stated that three college students from Kashmir learning in IVRI had made disputed feedback on the military personnel after the Pulwama incident. After these feedback got here out, individuals all around the nation had anger in opposition to these ladies, however the police neither the troopers Honor can’t be remembered nor the anger of the individuals of the nation, if remembered, the profession of the Kashmiri ladies and for that purpose, bypassing all the costs, put a ultimate report within the case and finish the case. The matter is for January 2019, it’s price mentioning that this matter is from January 2019. Three college students from Kashmir learning on the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Dr Ufak, Dr Shamiya Irshad and Dr Homera Fayaz, had allegedly made objectionable remarks in opposition to the military on social media after the Pulwama assault. Angered by this, the then BJP district president Ravindra Singh Rathore, MLA Rajesh Mishra, VHP division chairman Pawan Arora and many others. reached IVRI and requested the director Dr RK Singh to take motion, protesting. IVRI administration additionally discovered the scholars responsible within the investigation, out of which one pupil’s identify was minimize from the institute whereas the scholarship of two lady college students was withheld. The college students had demanded in writing that the alleged report of the LIU was additionally discovered to be right within the disputed remarks, after which a report was made in opposition to the three ladies for making remarks associated to VHP activist Amit for sedition. Inspector in-charge of Ijjat Nagar, KK Verma stated {that a} ultimate report has been put on this matter. She stated that the scholars had given in writing that there was no motive to harm anybody, but if somebody is damage, they apologize in writing for the center. .