The BARC CEO had privately confirmed to Republic TV on an email correspondence that the channel was not found guilty of any malpractice and thus no disciplinary action was initiated against them
TRP scam in which, while all evidence pointed towards India Today, the Mumbai Police has been adamant in naming Republic TV, has not been without its twists.
The coalition government in Maharashtra headed by Shiv Sena and their chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has been dogged in its hounding of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami.
The TRP scam has become a raging issue, specifically since Republic TV's name was dragged into the controversy after the research report by Hansa Research implicated India Today