BJP names ‘toolkit’ maker, Cong junks claim

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.

Meanwhile, the BJP also hit out at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal over his remarks about the “new form of coronavirus in Singapore”. BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said the Delhi CM kept raising “hue and cry” over some or the other issue to escape questions over his “failure” in dealing with the pandemic. Bhatia also accused Kejriwal of “serious violation” of constitutional propriety by speaking on matters of foreign affairs. — TNS