Former Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa’s alleged diary note claims huge payouts made to senior BJP leaders

Guwahati, March 23, 2019:

India’s tax authorities said they were unable to verify the authenticity of diary entries allegedly made by former Karnataka CM B.S. Yeddyurappa, that appear to detail huge payments to top BJP leaders as well as state legislators.

On Friday evening, a press release from the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) seemed to contradict both an incriminating news report, published by The Caravan magazine and the refutation from the BJP leader.

The CBDT said it had begun to investigate, but hit a dead-end because a government forensic laboratory needed to examine the originals of the disputed writings and not photocopies.

Earlier on Friday, The Caravan published an explosive report, describing a diary obtained from Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar, when the Income Tax department raided his offices in 2017.