Bengaluru: The JD(S), through two of its MLAs – C.N. Balakrishna from Shravanabelagola and B.B. Ningaiah from Mudigere – has filed a petition before the high court against seven of its rebel MLAs – B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, N. Cheluvarayaswamy, A.B. Ramesha Bandisiddegowda, H.C. Balakrishna, Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy R., Iqbal Ansari, and S. Bheema Naik, seeking their disqualification under the anti-defection law.
“The very purport of the anti-defection law and wisdom were subjected to have been subverted through certain acts laced with malafide on the part of the Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly,” the petition states.
The petitioners sought the high court to direct the Speaker not to permit the seven MLAs to cast their votes in the ensuing election for the Rajya Sabha. The court is likely to hear the petition on Tuesday.
Amend plea: Rao told
The High Court directed former senior IPS officer H.N. Sathyanarayana Rao to amend his petition to include seeking directions to quash the first information report registered against him by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) and granted a day's time to do so.
The court was hearing the petition of Mr Rao, who has challenged the state government’s order directing the ACB to register a case against him in connection with an alleged bribery case.
A complaint had stated that Mr Rao had allegedly accepted a bribe of Rs 2 crore to provide special facilities in violation of law to AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala, who is serving a four-year sentence in the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison.
