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Congress Leader & Rahul Gandhi’s Advisor Praveen Chakravarty Caught Red-Handed; Media Houses Release Call Records, Audio After He Denies Reports Of Him Meeting TVK Vijay As Fake News

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In a dramatic escalation of a public dispute, Congress data strategist Praveen Chakravarty publicly accused two media outlets, ThePrint and Kumudam Reporter, of publishing “100% fake” interviews attributed to him. Both organisations swiftly countered his claims, releasing call logs and, in Kumudam’s case, an audio clip to assert that the conversations did take place.

The controversy began when ThePrint published an article on 8 December detailing Chakravarty’s meeting with Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Vijay.

Following the publication, Chakravarty took to X, denying he had spoken to the reporter and dismissing quotations attributed to him as fabricated.

ThePrint responded that the claim was “false and unfounded”, saying its reporter had spoken to Chakravarty for four minutes on 7 December at 1.10 PM, followed by a WhatsApp exchange. The organisation also released a screenshot of the call log, stating that accuracy and fairness were maintained in the report.

Following this, Chakravarthy shared images of his interview with Kumudam Reporter, calling them ‘100% fake news’.

Subsequently Tamil weekly Kumudam Reporter responded to this allegation and defended its own article on Chakravarty. The publication said its reporter had contacted him on 5 December 2025 at 5.40 PM. and that Chakravarty had asked the journalist to “join a WhatsApp call”. The outlet also shared the audio recording of Chakravarty inviting the reporter to continue the conversation on WhatsApp.

According to Kumudam Reporter, Chakravarty never denied meeting Vijay and also had allegedly said that he did not need Rahul Gandhi’s permission to meet the TVK leader.

In its detailed rebuttal, the magazine questioned how Chakravarty could dismiss the report as “100% fake” despite audio evidence showing he had agreed to speak. The outlet also said that political pressures following his meeting with Vijay could explain his public denial, but argued that blaming the media was “unfair”.

They wrote, “…he said, ‘I do not need to meet a party leader without Rahul Gandhi’s permission. TVK leader Vijay spoke to Rahul Gandhi on my phone.’ Now since this was said to us on a WhatsApp call, it could not be recorded. He said, ‘Brother, let us do a WhatsApp call’ (we have the audio of it) – how can he deny that he did not speak to the Kumudam reporter? Generally, people in high positions of political parties say certain things only on WhatsApp calls. Then, when they say certain things off the record, they tell reporters whether they can publish it or not. The media does not publish them on the basis of source and trust. Or if requested, they will publish them on the basis of authenticity. However, during the above WhatsApp call conversation with Praveen Chakravarthy, our only intention was to ask, ‘Did you meet and speak to Vijay?’ The person who answered said, ‘Do not publish this’ and did not say anything. Based on that, we published this article. Moreover, the above article did not mention anything wrong about Praveen Chakravarthy. Despite all this, while he has never denied meeting Vijay, Praveen Chakravarthy says that ‘meeting Vijay is not a crime’. In such a situation, if he denies our article as 100% fake news, then we need to clarify whether he is calling what he said to us on the call was fake, or whether he is calling the fact that he met Vijay on the advice of Rahul Gandhi fake. Mr. Praveen Chakravarthy, I can understand the political pressures that have come upon you after meeting Vijay. You should face them honestly, but how is it fair to blame the media?”

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