Sidharamaiah, Kharge briefed Sonia against Jaya appeal

June 04, 2015 13:18

Karnataka Congress leaders and state ministers are opposed to filing an appeal in the Supreme Court against Jayalalitha's acquittal, since the state government is in no way involved in police investigation into the case, they feel.

State congressmen fear the decision could politically affect the party in Karnataka and that Tamilians in Bengaluru may not vote for the party in the civic polls due in July.

Both Chief Minister Sidharamaiah and leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, in private conversations with select newsmen in Delhi, are learnt to have confirmed that they briefed Congress president Sonia Gandhi against going in for the appeal.

They also hinted to the newsmen that it was P Chidambaram, who has faced the brunt of Jayalalitha's attack in the past, who may have misled Rahul Gandhi over the merits of appealing against the Karnataka high court verdict.

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