The Congress sought to pin the BJP down on Friday by seeking a Lokpal probe into payment entries in a diary allegedly maintained by BJP’s Karnataka head BS Yeddyurappa. The Congress sought to pin the BJP down on Friday by seeking a Lokpal probe into payment entries in a diary allegedly maintained by BJP’s Karnataka head BS Yeddyurappa. Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Friday spiked Congress’s allegations that he had made payouts to senior BJP leaders in 2009 when he was chief minister. Yeddyurappa said the diary entries Congress are talking about are fake.
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Yeddyurappa’s remarks came soon after the Congress sought an inquiry by the Lokpal into a news report claiming that the Bharatiya Janata Party leader had allegedly made diary entries noting payoffs of Rs 1,800 crore to senior party leaders, judges, and lawyers. Yeddyurappa’s remarks came soon after the Congress sought an inquiry by the Lokpal into a news report claiming that the Bharatiya Janata Party leader had allegedly made diary entries noting payoffs of Rs 1,800 crore to senior party leaders, judges, and lawyers. Yeddyurappa said the Opposition party was frustrated with the “growing popularity” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Yeddyurappa also claimed that Congress had planted the news report in the media to gain political mileage.
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