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Author of toolkit to defame PM Modi, India is member of AICC research wing, alleges BJP ANI | Updated: May 19, 2021 13:14 IST
By Pragya Kaushika
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The controversy over Congress alleged use of toolkit to tarnish the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over handling of COVID-19 intensified on Wednesday as Bharatiya Janata Party revealed the identity of the alleged author of the document as a member of the Congress research wing.
Responding to the Congress assertion that the document shown by the BJP was fake and its threat to lodge an FIR against BJP President JP Nadda, senior BJP leader and party spokesperson Sambit Patra stated that the party had itself exposed the author of the toolkit.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala. File
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The Congress on Wednesday accused the BJP of trying to raise a ‘fake toolkit’ issue to divert attention from the ‘failures’ of the Narendra Modi government in handling the second wave of corona and claimed that the basic data of a document related to the Central Vista project was ‘forged’ as the Congress toolkit on COVID-19.
Addressing an online press conference, party’s chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala rubbished BJP spokesperson Sambait Patra’s claim that metadata data containing basic information such as author, creation date, file size had clearly proven that a person working in the All India Congress Committee (AICC) Research Department was behind the controversial document that called for “destroying the Prime Minister’s image”.
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Telangana Congress leader Dr Sravan Dasoju speaking to ANI
Cong leader slams Telangana govt for delaying Ayushman Bharat, says return money to poor spent at pvt hospitals ANI | Updated: May 19, 2021 23:37 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 19 (ANI): All India Congress Committee (AICC) national spokesperson Dr Sravan Dasoju on Wednesday demanded the Telangana Government to return the money spent by the poor for medical treatment at private hospitals before implementation of Ayushman Bharat scheme in the state.
Speaking to ANI, Dr Dasoju said, On behalf of the TelanganaCongress, we welcome the decision of the state government to implement the Ayushman Bharat Scheme in the state that provides a medical cover of Rs 5 lakh to each family. But I demand the chief minister to answer that why has he delayed the implementation of Ayushman Bharat Scheme in the state for these years while this health scheme has been introduced in the year 2018.