AIADMK MPs bring fight for Jaya to Parliament House
4 Oct 2014 4:50 AM IST
Jayalalithaa was sentenced to four years in jail in an 18-year-old corruption case and fined a staggering Rs 100 crore by a special court in Bangalore on 27 September.
The MPs began their fast at 10 am and ended it about 5 pm, AIADMK parliamentary party leader P Venugopal said. Wondering why there was ‘delay’ in hearing her bail plea, he demanded that Jayalalithaa be granted ‘immediate relief as per law’.
‘The aim of the fast is to draw the nation’s attention to the delay in granting bail to our leader. The judgement was given on Saturday, which was followed by Dussehra holidays,’ he added.
The special court in the disproportionate assets case against her and three others had held that as many as 18 firms were formed in the 1991-96 period only with a view to siphoning off the ‘unlawful resources’ accumulated by then chief minister Jayalalithaa,.
Tracing the maze of transactions, the court said, during the ‘check period’ (1991-96), as many as 18 firms had come into existence but it was proved in evidence that none of them carried on any business then. Special court judge John Michael D’Cunha said ten firms were constituted in a single day with the identical terms and conditions, even though none of them carried on business in terms of the said deeds.
At the beginning of the check period, Jayalalithaa and her close aide Sasikala were involved in only two concerns — Jaya Publications and Sasi Enterprises.
In his verdict on Saturday last, the judge sent Jayalalithaa to four years in jail and slapped a fine of Rs 100 crore on her. She is presently lodged in Bangalore jail.
Sasikala, her relatives VN Sudhakaran, also Jayalalithaa’s disowned foster son, and Elavarasi were also been sentenced to four years imprisonment, besides a fine of Rs 10 crore each.
‘Large amount of funds were diverted to these (firms’) accounts giving a clear indication that the firms were constituted only with a view to siphon off the unlawful resources accumulated by Jayalalithaa,’ the court said.
The judge said Sasikala and Sudhakaran started independent concerns in their names during the period. Not satisfied with this, even the defunct firms were bought by accused, he said.
The MPs began their fast at 10 am and ended it about 5 pm, AIADMK parliamentary party leader P Venugopal said. Wondering why there was ‘delay’ in hearing her bail plea, he demanded that Jayalalithaa be granted ‘immediate relief as per law’.
‘The aim of the fast is to draw the nation’s attention to the delay in granting bail to our leader. The judgement was given on Saturday, which was followed by Dussehra holidays,’ he added.
The special court in the disproportionate assets case against her and three others had held that as many as 18 firms were formed in the 1991-96 period only with a view to siphoning off the ‘unlawful resources’ accumulated by then chief minister Jayalalithaa,.
Tracing the maze of transactions, the court said, during the ‘check period’ (1991-96), as many as 18 firms had come into existence but it was proved in evidence that none of them carried on any business then. Special court judge John Michael D’Cunha said ten firms were constituted in a single day with the identical terms and conditions, even though none of them carried on business in terms of the said deeds.
At the beginning of the check period, Jayalalithaa and her close aide Sasikala were involved in only two concerns — Jaya Publications and Sasi Enterprises.
In his verdict on Saturday last, the judge sent Jayalalithaa to four years in jail and slapped a fine of Rs 100 crore on her. She is presently lodged in Bangalore jail.
Sasikala, her relatives VN Sudhakaran, also Jayalalithaa’s disowned foster son, and Elavarasi were also been sentenced to four years imprisonment, besides a fine of Rs 10 crore each.
‘Large amount of funds were diverted to these (firms’) accounts giving a clear indication that the firms were constituted only with a view to siphon off the unlawful resources accumulated by Jayalalithaa,’ the court said.
The judge said Sasikala and Sudhakaran started independent concerns in their names during the period. Not satisfied with this, even the defunct firms were bought by accused, he said.
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