Why Does a 10-Day-Old Twitter Thread Look So Much Like the âToolkitâ?
A pro-BJP Twitter handle talked about a ânew toolkitâ 10 days before the âtoolkitâ attributed to Congress was made public by BJP leaders.
Politics6 hours ago
On May 18, the top brass of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the opposition Congress of conspiring a nefarious plan to gain political capital from the pandemic. The plan, documented in a âtoolkitâ, included sullying the image of the country, using COVID volunteerism as a PR and marketing activity and using phrases like âModi strainâ to shame the Prime Minister. In an article published on May 19, Alt News explained how the toolkit was created on a forged letterhead.
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New Delhi, May 19
The BJP continued its attack on the Congress over the alleged “toolkit to target PM Narendra Modi”. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra today presented what he termed as “proof/evidence” of the Congress’ “direct involvement” in the “toolkit”, authored by “Saumya Varma”, who, he claimed, was associated with Congress leader Rajeev Gowda.
Gowda, however, trashed the claim as “completely fake”. He said it was a research note on Central Vista for the party, which is “genuine and fact-based”.
Gowda said the section addressing the issues as regards the Central Vista project (titled ‘Central Vista Redevelopment: Vanity Project Amidst the Pandemic’) was made by the AICC’s Research Department. “This is a part of a larger six-page document. The BJP seems to have obtained it illegally and used it as a model to create a fake document, on forged letterhead,” Gowda said.
âCOVID Toolkitâ Attributed to Congress Created on Forged Letterhead
The document has been shared in two parts â four pages of a COVID-19 âtoolkitâ and four pages of research on the issues with the Central Vista project.
Congress supporters wave a party flag. Credit: Reuters
Politics20 hours ago
An alleged document prepared by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) to âcorner the Modi government and various BJP governments in the countryâ through social media and on-ground strategies was extensively shared by top BJP leaders on May 18. The hashtag #CongressToolKitExposed soon began trending.
The document has been shared in two parts â four pages of a COVID-19 âtoolkitâ and four pages of research on the issues with the Central Vista project.
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