PMK urges Karnataka to file appeal against acquittal

MK founder S. Ramadoss on Wednesday urged the Karnataka government to immediately initiate the appeal process and obtain stay of the order of the Justice Kumaraswamy acquitting former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and others.

“Under the strength of this flawed judgment, Ms. Jayalalithaa is hurriedly trying to assume the office of Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and it will cause incalculable injustice and harm to the people,” Dr. Ramadoss said in his letter which was handed over to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah by PMK president G.K. Mani and the party’s legal wing president K. Balu.

“Mr. Siddaramaiah promised us that his government would soon file an appeal against the High Court order,” Mr G.K. Mani told The Hindu.

The newly appointed public prosecutor also had told the PMK leaders that he would certainly ensure that an appeal was filed in the Supreme Court against the order of Justice Kumarswamy.

Dr. Ramadoss in his letter said Ms Jayalalithaa, Sasikala, Suhdakaran and Elavarasi had borrowed loan to the tune of Rs 10,67,31,274, but , Justice B.R. Kumaraswamy in his judgment calculated the amount as Rs. 24,17,31,274.

“That means a sum of Rs. 13,50,00,000 has been inadvertently added in the income and the same has led to total skewing of the judgment,” Dr Ramadoss said.

Reiterating that the difference between Ms. Jayalalithaa’s income and the assets purchased was 76.75 per cent above her income, Dr. Ramadoss said even if the guidelines of the Krishnanand Agnihothri case or the Andhra Pradesh government circular were taken as examples, Ms. Jayalalithaa and her associates could not be acquitted.

PMK urges Karnataka to file appeal against acquittal

The newly appointed public prosecutor also had told the PMK leaders that he would certainly ensure that an appeal was filed.