Did BJP's IT Cell Head Plot Aamir Khan's Removal As Snapdeal Brand Ambassador?

A former volunteer of BJP's social media team claimed in her upcoming book that the cell was instructed, among others by the party’s IT cell head, to build pressure via social media on e-commerce platform Snapdeal to drop actor Aamir Khan as its brand ambassador following his comments in November 2015 that were perceived to be critical of the government. Sadhavi Khosla, who quit the BJP social media cell as a volunteer at the end of 2015, has shared purported WhatsApp messages sent to her with journalist Swati Chaturvedi whose book I AM A Troll is being published by Juggernaut. Following Aamir Khan's remarks in 2015, Khosla said the BJP social media cell organised a campaign to get Khan removed as the brand ambassador of Snapdeal. She shared messages she claimed were sent to her from Arvind Gupta, head of the BJP IT cell, and other WhatsApp groups associated with the team. Rejecting Sadhavi Khosla’s claims, head of BJP IT cell Arvind Gupta said she “supports the Congress” and “has all reasons to publish unsubstantiated claims.”