Back‘Arithmetic errors’ in Jayalalithaa acquittal, claims Subramanian Swamy
DMK, other opposition parties in Tamil Nadu urge Karnataka govt to appeal against verdict acquitting Jayalalithaa
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Chennai: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday indicated that he could file an appeal in the Supreme Court (SC) against the acquittal of AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) leader J. Jayalalithaa in a disproportionate assets case by the Karnataka high court.
“In my appeal to SC in JJ (J. Jayalalithaa) disproportionate assets case I will prove that the KHC (Karnataka high court) judgement is a ‘tragedy of arithmetic errors’. JJ will have to resign again if CM," he tweeted. The acquittal had cleared the decks for Jayalalithaa to become chief minister again. Swamy is the original complainant in the case. He had filed a case in 1996 against Jayalalithaa alleging that during her tenure as chief minister from 1991 to 1996, she amassed properties disproportionate to her known sources of income.
The DMK government subsequently filed a slew of cases, including the 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case, against Jayalalithaa which led to her conviction in September last by a special court. The Karnataka high court acquitted Jayalalithaa on Monday.
Meanwhile, opposition parties in Tamil Nadu, including the DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam), on Tuesday urged the Karnataka government to appeal against the verdict acquitting Jayalalithaa. “Karnataka government special public prosecutor B.V. Acharya has explained in detail about this verdict and has said that an appeal should be preferred in Supreme Court," DMK chief Karunanidhi said in a statement. Explanations for some portions of the verdict could be obtained only in the Supreme Court, he added.
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