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Karnataka 'bribegate': BJP demands CBI probe

The secret diary of Congress MLC K Govindaraju reportedly contains details of alleged payments that were made by Karnataka ministers to the Congress high command during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

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Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha members wear the masks of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during a protest against the Congress government on a diary with suspicious entries at the residence of Karnataka Congress MLC Govindaraj, in Bengaluru on Friday.
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP PC Mohan has written a letter to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) demanding a probe against Congress MLC K Govindaraju in connection with an alleged Rs. 1000 crore diary scam.

The Income Tax department officers had during a raid conducted on March 15, 2016, found a dairy which contained the details of bribery money and corruption amounts which have been allegedly received and paid to various Karnataka Government ministers and also some Congress leaders in New Delhi including Congress member and the party's treasurer M Vora.

Mohan, the lawmaker from Bengaluru constituency, has said that a detailed investigation would bring out the truth and facts. "Given the huge corruption and losses to the Government of India exchequer, I request you once again to register a Regular Case (RC) against K. Govindaraju and investigate the matter in detail to bring the huge Rs 1000 crore bribery scam and scandal to light and take necessary action to punish the perpetrators of this corruption scam in Karnataka and New Delhi," the letter read.

The details of a secret diary of Congress MLC K Govindaraju, who is also the parliamentary secretary to Karnataka's Chief Minister, reportedly contains details of alleged payments that were made by Karnataka ministers to the Congress high command during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

State BJP chief BS Yedyurappa claimed the diary contained 'explosive information' about money paid to top Congress leaders including party president Sonia Gandhi, party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, party general secretary Digvijay Singh and party treasurer Vohra. Vohra, however, has denied any connection with the case.

Coming out defiantly against the Karnataka bribegate diary case, the Congress on Sunday questioned its veracity, saying that the entire thing has been planted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). "These diaries are manufactured. We had warned the people of Karnataka that this is a plot by the Central minister and the BJP president, which was explained by the Congress in its press conference. We knew it was happening," Congress leader Tom Vadakkan told ANI.  

"This is a tale which has been cooked up in the context of the elections that will come up in Karnataka. It is a long thought-out process. These are issues we are not worried about. This is typical of the BJP to defame the Congress," he added.

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