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Why India is in an uproar over WhatsApp chats
Messaging service takes flak as series of past domestic leaks comes to light
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The leaked WhatsApp chats - between news anchor Arnab Goswami (above) and the then head of India's TV ratings agency in 2019 - have embarrassed the app's owner Facebook, which is betting big on India.
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As WhatsApp messages go, it seemed innocuous enough. "On Pakistan, the government is confident of striking in a way that people will be elated. Exact words used." Except that the message was apparently sent by an Indian television anchor three days before Indian warplanes targeted militants in northern Pakistan in February 2019.
The air strike became bragging rights for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his 2019 general election campaign, which his Bharatiya Janata Party won handily.
