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 ‘toolkit’, included sullying the image of the country, using COVID volunteerism as a PR and marketing activity and using phrases like “Modi strain” to shame the Prime Minister. In an article published on May 19, Alt News explained how the toolkit was created on a forged letterhead. In this investigation, we will reveal how a pro-BJP Twitter handle talked about a ‘new toolkit’ 10 days before the ‘toolkit’ attributed to Congress was made public by BJP leaders. But before we delve into our second investigation, let us first understand what the ‘toolkit’ controversy is. At 10:01 am on May 18, a Twitter handle called ‘Team Bharat’ (@teambharat_) released four screenshots each of two documents. The first set of screenshots were allegedly from a document titled, “Cornering Narendra Modi & BJP on COVID Management”. For the purpose of this article, this document will be referred to as the ‘toolkit’. This is the document that caused the outrage. The second set of screenshots was from a document titled, “Central Vista Redevelopment: Vanity Project Amidst the Pandemic”. For the purpose of this article, this document will be referred to as the ‘Vista’ document. Toolkit Part 2: INC wanted to sabotage Grand project for the nation #CongressToolkitExposed pic.twitter.com/AGWDSGA1r8 — TEAM BHARAT (@TeamBharat_) May 18, 2021 On the morning of May 19, BJP leaders began sharing a screenshot of the file properties of one of the two documents. The file name, as seen in the screenshot below, reads ‘Central_Vista_Vanity_Project_AICC’, suggesting that it is the file properties of the ‘Vista’ document. While only four screenshots of the ‘Vista’ document were shared on social media, the file properties suggest that it was a 6-page document. It must be noted that the same screenshot was shared by multiple BJP handles. BJP alleged that both the ‘Vista’ and the ‘toolkit’ documents were prepared by Congress. However, it has been three days since Alt News’s initial report and four days since the ‘toolkit’ screenshots were shared on social media, but no one in BJP has been able to produce the original ‘toolkit’ document to back their allegations. A forensic analysis of the original ‘toolkit’ document can help in determining the authenticity of the ‘toolkit’. While ‘Team Bharat’ was the first to share screenshots of the alleged ‘toolkit’, the handle wasn’t the first to share the screenshot of the file properties of the ‘Vista’ document. ‘Team Bharat’ shared the file properties screenshot at 10:13 am on May 19, after many others had already posted the same, including BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra at 9:57 am. File properties can be accessed from a computer that has the physical file. The fact that ‘Team Bharat’ wasn’t the first to share the screenshot of the file properties, while it was the one that announced the ‘exposé’ of the alleged toolkit, raised suspicions if they were used as a proxy for this exposé. Through Twitter advanced search, Alt News was able to determine that the first handle to share the file properties screenshot was ‘Modi Bharosa’ at 9:41 am. Who has created a toolkit for Congress? Ans: Saumya Varma Who is Saumya Varma? Ans: Political Researcher- Office of Rajeev Gowda at AICC Research Dept Who is RajeevGowda? Ans: Ex-MP & national spokesperson- Congress Saumya ➡️Rajeev Gowda ➡️Congress#CongressToolkitExposed pic.twitter.com/biYWSzsd1l — Modi Bharosa (@ModiBharosa) May 19, 2021 The portal ‘Modi Bharosa’ was in the news after the revelation that Facebook policy head Shivnath Thukral was previously associated with the website. The portal has existed since before 2014 and has been actively involved in promoting Narendra Modi and the BJP. The operations of ‘Modi Bharosa’ were previously headed by Anuj Gupta, who according to his LinkedIn profile is an OSD (Officer on Special Duty) to the Minister of Railways. @shaksingh we are run by a team led by @anujg — Modi Bharosa (@ModiBharosa) October 29, 2013 According to the last known information (archive link), Modi Bharosa is headed by Zankrut Oza, who according to his Twitter bio is a digital media and PR strategist working with the Government of India. While ‘Modi Bharosa’ was the first to share the ‘file properties’ screenshot on Twitter, that doesn’t automatically mean that they had physical possession of the file, as they may have received the screenshot from a different source. However, on further analysing tweets from the ‘Modi Bharosa’ handle, another startling fact was revealed.