<p>Legal cell of ruling Congress in Karnataka today made a strong plea to state Assembly Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa, seeking sanction to prosecute former chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and 39 other JDS MLAs on the cash-for-MLC seat audio CD row involving him.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Kumaraswamy is surrounded by a controversy after the release of the CD last week about him purportedly telling the supporters of MLC seat aspirant Vijugowda Patil, a JDS leader from Bijapur district, about the demand for money from his party MLAs.<br /><br />"In our memorandum to the speaker we have requested for permission to prosecute Kumaraswamy and 39 other MLA's under section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act," KPCC legal cell Chairman C M Dhananjay told reporters here.<br /><br />He also noted that they were liable for punishment under section 7,12,13 and 15 of Prevention of Corruption Act.<br /><br />Stating that a request had been made to seize the CD, Dhananjay said, "we have asked the Speaker to keep them (the MLAs) under suspension during the pendency of the inquiry."<br /><br />He said an appeal has also been made to the Election Commission to take strict action against the MLAs under the relevant sections of the Representation of People's Act.<br /><br />In the CD whose clips were played on Kannada TV channels, Kumaraswamy, son of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, was purportedly heard telling the supporters of Patil, "Each MLA (of JDS) is asking for one crore. They are saying you make anybody the MLC..."<br /><br />At another point, Kumaraswamy was heard saying, "40 people (JDS MLAs) are asking for 40 crore... This is my fate."<br /><br />Kumaraswamy, who has defended himself saying he had only spoken about the harsh reality of politics, has already said that he is open to any kind of inquiry on the matter.<br /></p>
<p>Legal cell of ruling Congress in Karnataka today made a strong plea to state Assembly Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa, seeking sanction to prosecute former chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and 39 other JDS MLAs on the cash-for-MLC seat audio CD row involving him.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Kumaraswamy is surrounded by a controversy after the release of the CD last week about him purportedly telling the supporters of MLC seat aspirant Vijugowda Patil, a JDS leader from Bijapur district, about the demand for money from his party MLAs.<br /><br />"In our memorandum to the speaker we have requested for permission to prosecute Kumaraswamy and 39 other MLA's under section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act," KPCC legal cell Chairman C M Dhananjay told reporters here.<br /><br />He also noted that they were liable for punishment under section 7,12,13 and 15 of Prevention of Corruption Act.<br /><br />Stating that a request had been made to seize the CD, Dhananjay said, "we have asked the Speaker to keep them (the MLAs) under suspension during the pendency of the inquiry."<br /><br />He said an appeal has also been made to the Election Commission to take strict action against the MLAs under the relevant sections of the Representation of People's Act.<br /><br />In the CD whose clips were played on Kannada TV channels, Kumaraswamy, son of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, was purportedly heard telling the supporters of Patil, "Each MLA (of JDS) is asking for one crore. They are saying you make anybody the MLC..."<br /><br />At another point, Kumaraswamy was heard saying, "40 people (JDS MLAs) are asking for 40 crore... This is my fate."<br /><br />Kumaraswamy, who has defended himself saying he had only spoken about the harsh reality of politics, has already said that he is open to any kind of inquiry on the matter.<br /></p>