Chennai--DMK on Monday said it has decided to file an appeal against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s acquittal in a wealth case by the Karnataka High Court.
“With Supreme Court having said twice that DMK has the right to participate in this case, I firmly say that the party also will file an appeal in the disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa in the Supreme Court,” DMK President M Karunanidhi said in a statement in Chennai.
DMK has been pressing the Karnataka Government to file an appeal against the May 11 verdict of the high court acquitting Jayalalithaa and three others in the disproportionate wealth case, which paved the way for her return as chief minister.
Karunanidhi’s statement on Monday came after he chaired a meeting of DMK’s District Secretaries where the matter was discussed. District Secretaries play a significant role in the the DMK’s organisational set-up.
Karunanidhi said the Special Public Prosecutor in the case, B V Acharya, and Karnataka Advocate General Ravi Varma Kumar had recommended to that government to file an appeal against Jayalalithaa’s acquittal.
“We firmly believe that Karnataka government will accept their recommendations and file the appeal,” he said. The original complainant in the case, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, had also said he would move the apex court against Jayalalithaa’s acquittal, Karunanidhi pointed out.
INDIAN EXPRESS
