Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore
Bangalore, Mar 18: Among the three BJP MLAs who are facing enquiry on allegations of watching a porn during assembly session, two are expected to come out clean.
Laxman Savadi, former minister who was caught by a private TV channel's camera watching a porn clip during a session in Assembly on Feb 7, 2012, had earlier admitted that he watched the porn and committed a mistake. But two others alleged in this 'porngate' case - former ministers C C Patil and Mangalore's Krishna Palemar - have denied the charge and the house enquiry committee headed by BJP MLA Srishailappa Bidaroor could not find enough evidence to charge these two MLAs.
It may be recalled that after the sensational blue film episode in the Karnataka assembly, all three ministers were forced to resign and face enquiry. Karnataka assembly speaker K G Bopaiah formed an enquiry committee of seven members from three political parties. The committee comprised of two Congress members, one JD(S) and four BJP members. But Congress and JD(S) had boycotted the enquiry committee, claiming there was no enquiry required as all three were proved guilty with enough evidence already.
The committee without Congress and JD(S) members, has now reportedly completed the enquiry, and is expected to submit the report to assembly speaker on March 20. The house committee was asked to complete the enquiry by March 13, 2012 but later extended it by one week since it could not come to a conclusion within the stipulated time.
According to reliable sources, the committee has questioned all three MLAs and grilled them for hours on the issue. Only Laxman Savadi was found guilty of watching the porn movie inside the assembly during the session.
A member of the committee, who reportedly leaked the information to the media, said that no concrete evidence was available to charge C C Patil and Krishna Palemar in the blue film episode.
It would be the sole power of the speaker to prosecute Laxman Savadi, as the incident was reported during the session.
BJP MLAs S R Vishwanath, Nehur Olekar, Suresh Gowda and Srishailappa Bidaroor conducted the house enquiry.
It would be interesting to see what kind of reaction the media and opposition will express once the full report is presented by the speaker before the assembly.