The Shiv Sena on Thursday asked its former ally Bharatiya Janata Party to take action against journalist Arnab Goswami for his WhatsApp chats about the Balakot airstrike, reported PTI. In a purported WhatsApp chat on February 23 – three days before the strike – Goswami told Broadcast Audience Research Council’s former Chief Executive Officer Partho Dasgupta that it would be “bigger than a normal strike”.
In an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana, the Sena pointed out that while the saffron party was vocal about raising concerns about content in web series, it was tight-lipped about Goswami’s chats. “It is good that the BJP filed cases against producer and director of Tandav in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar,” said the Sena, referring to the controversy around the Amazon Prime web series. “But they will be truly men if the BJP files cases also against Goswami who insulted the martyrdom of jawans.”
The Shiv Sena asked the BJP why it was not raising its voice…