BJP and JDS are fighting back against the sex scandal involving Deve Gowda’s grandson.
Bengaluru:Â Sharangouda Kandkur, a secular Janata Dal politician, has called for the suspension of party MP Prajwal Revanna in the wake of a controversy over obscene tapes that surfaced the day after the Hassan MP’s constituency election and purportedly showed the MP sexually abusing several women.
Mr. Kandkur informed former Prime Minister and party patriarch HD Deve Gowda in a two-page letter that was made public on Monday morning that the JDS was “embarrassed by the circulating videos, and it damages the reputation of both you and your party.”Â
The grandson of Mr. Deve Gowda, Mr. Revanna, is not in India at the moment. Shortly after the videos became viral on the internet on Saturday morning, he departed for Germany. He allegedly filed a police complaint on Sunday, stating that the thousands of clips were altered. He stated that the films were being disseminated in an attempt to “poison voters’ minds and tarnish his image.”
This came the day after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s Congress government announced the formation of a special panel to look into the matter.
In anticipation of a thorough investigation, the JDS, which has partnered with the BJP for the 2024 Lok Sha election, has refrained from commenting.
The son of Mr. Deve Gowda, senior party leader and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, asserted that it was impossible to forgive someone who had broken the law.
Additionally, he indicated that the celebration was unrelated to Mr. Revanna’s apparent departure from the nation. “The special investigation team is responsible for getting him back if he has left the country. What should I say? Don’t worry, SIT will catch him.
The scandal erupted last week after a lady filed a police case against Mr Revanna, accusing him of sexual assault. In his constituency, the case was filed at a police station.
She stated she had been sexually raped many times between 2019 and 2022. More women are shown in the circulating clips, and it’s possible that they will come forward and file complaints as well.
In addition, the dispute has escalated into a political dispute between the BJP and the JDS, with certain leaders of the national party pushing for a reconsideration and splitting from the state party. “We, as a party, have nothing to do with the videos and neither do we have any comments to make,” stated S Prakash, the top spokesperson for the BJP state unit.
Following accusations that certain BJP leaders had shown the clips to their party’s state chief, BY Vijayendra, back in December, the ruling Congress has also been involved. They have questioned why their adversary, who was aware of the tapes, decided to field Mr. Revanna.
Senior Congresswoman Priyanka Gandhi stated, “The leader with whom the PM gets photographed by placing his hand on his shoulder,” in a Hindi post on X. the leader that the prime minister himself ran for office ten days ago. On stage, they praised him. That Karnataka leader is escaping the nation now.”
Hassan was one of the fourteen Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka that was up for vote in the second round last week. The JDS is not running for any of the remaining 14 seats, which are scheduled to be voted for on May 7 in the third phase. The party, which left the Congress in October to join the BJP, fought just three seats in south Karnataka in accordance with the seat-share arrangement.
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