NEW DELHI: A political slugfest has begun between the Congress and the BJP over the ”sexual abuse” allegations being levelled towards Prajwal Revanna, the sitting MP and NDA candidate from Karnataka’s Hassan constituency for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, has been making headlines after some express movies allegedly displaying him sexually abusing a number of girls surfaced on-line.
Revanna has, in the meantime, fled to Germany after the Karnataka authorities fashioned an SIT to analyze the matter. The BJP, on its half, has welcomed the JD(S) determination to droop MP Prajwal Revanna over allegations of sexual abuse, asserting that it’s going to push for the total may of the legislation towards him.
The saffron occasion has additionally launched a fierce counter-attack on Congress for “delayed” motion by the Karnataka authorities. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and different high BJP leaders questioned the Congress authorities in Karnataka as to why it didn’t take motion towards Prajwal when legislation and order is a state topic.
The Karnataka Police on Sunday booked Prajwal Revanna and his father H D Revanna on costs of sexual harassment and prison intimidation based mostly on a grievance from a lady, who labored of their family.Â
What’s In The Pen Drives?
Hundreds of express movies purportedly filmed by Prajwal Revanna have been circulating in Karnataka forward of the Lok Sabha polls. This has sparked questions on the place these movies got here from and who unfold them. G Devaraje Gowda, an area chief from the BJP, has claimed that he bought maintain of those movies by Prajwal’s ex-driver, Karthik Gowda. Devaraje has claimed that he obtained these movies whereas serving to Karthik in a authorized challenge towards the Revanna household.
In a letter to the state BJP chief BY Vijayendra, Devaraje had urged towards giving Prajwal a ticket for the Hassan Lok Sabha seat, fearing it may hurt the occasion’s picture. He additionally alleged that Congress leaders had these movies of their possession.
Devaraje additionally wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, warning him in regards to the potential misuse of those tapes throughout the elections. Karthik Gowda, nevertheless, denies giving the pen drives to Congress leaders, contradicting Devaraje’s declare. He has claimed that he has given these pen drives searching for authorized assist from Devaraje however the latter did not assist.
Amidst accusations and blame video games, high JD(S) leaders like GT Devegowda and HD Kumaraswamy have questioned the timing and motives behind the discharge of those movies simply earlier than the elections. On the opposite hand, the Congress authorities in Karnataka fashioned a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged scandal.
