Journalist Arnab Goswami, on Wednesday, threatened to sue the Congress party, accusing them of fabricating facts against him and his network.
In a press release, Goswami said, “I have decided to sue the Congress party, take strong legal action against their lies, and expose them in the courts of law. People of India: Join hands with Republic as we fight this political conspiracy with all our strength. The truth is on our side.”
He said, “The Congress party has uttered a series of absolute falsehoods, concocted lies, fabricated facts, unimaginable twisting of statements,” adding that he would not take this lying down.
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Goswami has been recently in news after transcripts of his WhatsApp chat with former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta was leaked.
PTI quoted Congress leader A K Antony referring to the leaked chats and saying, “Leaking of official secret of military operations is a national security matter and is treason. Whoever is party to this leakage must be punished and those involved deserve no mercy.”
Goswami said, “Their claim that I have compromised national security is hogwash and heart of heart even their top leaders know it. The problem with the Congress party is that they cannot stand a nationalist channel with a nationalist editor-in-chief.”
He added, “They think that they can browbeat me by threatening me with a litany of legal cases, interrogations, false charges, along with their cohorts in the media.”
“I am filing a criminal complaint against every Congress leader who has uttered lies against me. Their statement that classified documents were shared is a falsehood.”