<p>BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa, responding to media reports that he paid <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/bsy-paid-over-rs-1000-cr-bribe-to-bjp-leaders-cong-724506.html" target="_blank">bribes of Rs 1800 crore to the BJP's top brass</a>, said the purported payments had been inquired into already and the documents had been found to be fake.</p>.<p>Terming the allegations “'baseless, irrelevant and malicious,” Yeddyurappa said in a release, "Congress leaders who are apt in carrying out all these atrocious and malicious campaigns have planted this story in the media to gain political mileage in the coming elections."</p>.<p>Income Tax department officials have already probed the issue to find that the documents, signatures and handwritten notes found in the diary are forged ones, he added.</p>
<p>BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa, responding to media reports that he paid <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/bsy-paid-over-rs-1000-cr-bribe-to-bjp-leaders-cong-724506.html" target="_blank">bribes of Rs 1800 crore to the BJP's top brass</a>, said the purported payments had been inquired into already and the documents had been found to be fake.</p>.<p>Terming the allegations “'baseless, irrelevant and malicious,” Yeddyurappa said in a release, "Congress leaders who are apt in carrying out all these atrocious and malicious campaigns have planted this story in the media to gain political mileage in the coming elections."</p>.<p>Income Tax department officials have already probed the issue to find that the documents, signatures and handwritten notes found in the diary are forged ones, he added.</p>
