Arnab chats: CWC demands JPC probe on violation of national security, Official Secrets Act

NEW DELHI: The Congress
on Friday demanded a joint parliamentary committee (
JPC)
probe into the purported WhatsApp chats
of Arnab Goswami for breach
of national
security and violations
of
Official
Secrets
Act and book those involved.

The Congress Working Committee, the highest decision making body
of the grand old party, passed a resolution to this effect.

The
CWC, chaired by Sonia Gandhi earlier discussed the issue along with that
of the farmers’ agitation and the COVID-19 vaccination drive and passed three resolutions
on each
of them.

“The
CWC
demands a time-bound investigation by a Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the breach
of national
security, violations
of
Official
Secrets
Act and the role
of the persons involved. Ultimately, those who are guilty
of treacherous behaviour must be brought before the law and punished,” the
CWC resolution said.

The
CWC expresses its grave concern at the revelations “exposing the sordid conversations that…