Overview

• Party spokespersons Pradeep Bhandari and Shehzad Poonawalla cited metadata from files shared via RahulGandhi.in and Google Drive, asserting the documents were exported in Adobe Illustrator on a system set to Myanmar time.
• Framing the issue as external interference, BJP leaders asked if Gandhi was acting on directions from abroad, with R.P. Singh linking the Congress leadership to George Soros.
• The Hindu reported that Congress dismissed the charge as ridiculous, responding after earlier reports noted the party had not yet commented.
• The allegation targets the PDFs Gandhi presented on August 7 in his ‘vote chori’ push, which the BJP says undercuts his attack on the Election Commission.
• BJP figures also criticized Gandhi for traveling overseas during severe flooding in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, using it to question his priorities alongside the metadata claims.