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“The CLP has taken the decision to move for legal action against the four under the antidefection law,” said CLP leader Siddaramaiah. “I will retire from politics if it is proved that the voice on the clip is mine,” he said. The party will approach the speaker to disqualify Ramesh Jarkiholi, Umesh Jadhav, Mahesh Kumattalli and B Nagendra. Yeddyurappa, he alleged, offered Sharanagouda Rs 10 crore cash and a ministerial berth if he (Sharanagouda) contested the byelection on a BJP ticket.Yeddyurappa said the clip was “fake” and “doctored”. “The BJP has been trying to destabilise my government from day one using illegal means and money earned through corruption,” Kumaraswamy alleged.The 10-minute audio clip, he alleged, contained a conversation between Yeddyurappa, Devadurga BJP MLA Shivanagouda Naik and Sharanagouda, son of JD(S) MLA from Gurmitkal, Nagannagouda Kandakur, at a government guesthouse in Devadurga of Raichur district late Thursday night..