On May 14, BJP President Vijay Shah and MP Ranjanben Bhatt boasted that the World Book of Records had "validated" their "dedicated and relentless commitment for promoting safety against the COVID-19 Pandemic". Vijay Shah's Facebook post, wherein he had thanked the World Book of Records for giving him this "honour", garnered 1.6K likes and 952 congratulatory comments. Like any worthy credential by an international organization that deserves to be shown, BJP stalwarts uploaded the certificate across their social media platforms. What missed the captions of these posts was that MP Ranjanben Bhatt, according to the World Book of Records website, herself is one of the 16 patrons of the organization. Upon calling the Vice-President of the World Book of Records, Dr. Rajeev Srivastava, he explicitly stated that a person would only need to pay Rs.2500 for the certificate and an additional Rs.2500 for a name in their publication. Alluring the certificate-seekers further, the organization also