On Wednesday Mumbai Police informed the Bombay High Court that they have found more evidence against Republic TV and its Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in the Television Rating Points manipulation scam.
It looks like somebody leaked that evidence and twitter is abuzz since morning about the WhatsApp chats between Arnab Goswami and Partho Das Gupta ( Ex CEO of BARC).
The leaked chats are around 500 pages and 80MB of data. In the chats, there are multiple instances where Partho Das Gupta is asking Arnab to ask PMO for help and meeting with top ministers to help his business.
Mumbai Police releases 500 pages WhatsApp chat between Arnab Goswami and Partho Das Gupta ( Ex CEO of BARC) pic.twitter.com/C3wnxjRi0N
— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) January 15, 2021
In the alleged leaked chats between Arnab Goswami and ex BARC CEO Partho Das Gupta, they talk about the TRAI reform proposal. The new reform will measure TV viewership digitally via a special software installed in set-top box. Partho Das Gupta hints that this would politically hurt both Republic channel and BJP.
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
Today the Court was hearing the writ petitions filed by ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd (the company which runs Republic TV channels) challenging the investigation of Mumbai police in the case related to the rigging of TRP ratings by private news channels.
"All Ministers with us"
'Alleged' leaked whatsapp chats of Arnab and ex BARC CEO pic.twitter.com/DxNeSdwxjM— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) January 15, 2021
The petitioner ARG Outlier filed an application to implead the Enforcement Directorate – which has filed a money laundering complaint over TRP rigging – as an additional respondent in the petition.
The beat seller of the year 2021- chats of #ArnabGoswami
The sheer suddenness of the move ! 😅 pic.twitter.com/SHYz1mZaXl
— Lavanya Ballal | ಲಾವಣ್ಯ ಬಲ್ಲಾಳ್ (@LavanyaBallal) January 15, 2021
This TRP measurement reform would accurately measure viewership, but many leading channels opposed the move citing the additional cost of installing software as the reason. But probably the real reason was that it would show real TRPs and not the fabricated ones the channels were boasting.
Former BARC CEO tells Arnab to use his influence with top ruling party leaders to sabotage TRAI reform to install automatic digital measurement software to replace the manual and corrupt system of meter installation households.
Arnab : I am meeting @PrakashJavdekar tomorrow
Partho : Javdekar is useless. #Arnab #WhatsApp pic.twitter.com/Ac2qIsu3or
— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) January 15, 2021
👉Hater-in-Chief Arnab Goswami's whatsapp chats are clinching
👉It reveals to India what we in media already knew
👉That Godi Media runs on Government's crutches
👉Hence you see its slaves demonising those who expose the government
👉Treat Godi media slaves like farmers have
— Saahil Murli Menghani (@saahilmenghani) January 15, 2021
The superhit Friday release. #BARCGhotala pic.twitter.com/N96XYasqaO
— churumuri (@churumuri) January 15, 2021
I am just trying to verify the events mentioned in 'alleged' leaked whatsapp chats of Arnab and ex BARC CEO with twitter timeline of Republic…
"First #Lalutape and then #Arvindgate"#Arnab pic.twitter.com/tOrOQvqRBw
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) January 15, 2021
Arnab on 15th Oct 2019.
Partho Das requested Arnab to get him media advisor's role with PMO. pic.twitter.com/k322PW4Qi5
— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) January 15, 2021
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Disclaimer: GaurilankeshNews cannot verify the authenticity of these chats. It is a developing story.
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