Yeddy Diaries: Jaitley Says Documents “Manufactured” by Congress

Yeddyurappa said the I-T department has already probed the matter and found that the documents were fake.

Soon after the Congress party, citing a report, accused senior BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa of paying over Rs 1,800 crore to the party's national leaders during his tenure as Karnataka chief minister, the party and the leader himself hit back, calling the documents fake and slamming Congress for resorting to falsehood.

In a post on Facebook, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the “forged and fabricated photocopies manufactured and provided by the Congress Party were passed off as BSY’s diary.” He added:

During the search, as per CBDT statement, photocopies of loose sheets were provided by the Congress leader claiming this to be BSY’s diary. The authorities, as per the statement of the CBDT, go to the root of the matter. BSY played it fair and straight. He offered his handwriting and signatures to the authorities for verification. The Congress leader started distancing himself from the documents. He would not authenticate nor confirm its veracity and not part with the original. The documents appear to be a self-serving forgery of the Congress Party and its leader.

Union Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley