Sexual Harassment Scandal: Prajwal Revanna’s Return from Germany Imminent

It is expected that Prajwal Revanna, the suspended leader of the Janata Dal (Secular), who is accused of sexual harassment, will return to India from Germany this week, Karnataka officials said on Wednesday. Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, is expected to arrive in India on the next night, May 3–4, according to the officials. This comes only one day after Prajwal Revanna was summoned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is looking into the matter, to come in for interrogation. The investigation team also called Holenarasipur MLA HD Revanna, who is Revanna’s father.

Revanna would be considered an “absconder” by the SIT if she did not show up for the probe agency after receiving the summons. A number of lewd recordings featuring Prajwal Revanna started to circulate in the Karnataka district of Hassan last week, sparking controversy around him. Allegations of abuse and violence were sparked by the films, which allegedly showed the 33-year-old leader engaging in sexual actions with many women. A pen drive holding 2,976 pornographic movies that were taken on a mobile phone at the Revanna homes in Bengaluru and Hassan was discovered by the authorities during the preliminary probe.

Then, based on a complaint from a woman who worked at the Revanna residence between 2019 and 2022, a FIR was filed against Revanna and his father under sections 354A (sexual harassment), 354D (stalking), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 509 (outraging modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code. The lady said that over the years she worked at their house, she had experienced sexual assault. Against this backdrop, on April 27, the day following the state’s Lok Sabha elections, Revanna departed for Germany. The media was informed by his father, HD Revanna, that his son would come back “if he were called for an investigation.”

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JD(S) suspends Prajwal Revanna

The Bharatiya Janata Party-JD (S) coalition had Revanna as its Lok Sabha candidate from Hassan in spite of the accusations. But as the scandal grew, the JD(S) suspended Revanna and sent him a show-cause notice on Tuesday in response to the claims of sexual assault. “We support SIT’s prosecution of Prajwal Revanna. JD(S) core committee president GT Devegowda told reporters, “We have decided to recommend our party’s national president suspend him from the party until the SIT investigation is completed.”

Karnataka BJP Chief Disputes Allegations Regarding Letter on Prajwal Revanna Videos

On Wednesday, Karnataka BJP president Vijayendra Yediyurappa denied party colleague Devaraje Gowda’s assertion that the latter had written to him on Prajwal Revanna’s alleged sex recordings from the previous year. The Shikaripura MLA denied knowing about the obscene content beforehand and referred to Gowda’s claim as “patently false.”” It’s blatantly untrue that lawyer Devaraje Gowda sent me a letter about the tapes. Yediyurappa stated on X, “I have not received any correspondence of that nature and was unaware of the videos. Congressman and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar is accused by Vijayendra Yediyurappa of having prior knowledge of the lewd films. According to him, the Congress politician held off on spreading the footage until after the Lok Sabha elections.

The head of the BJP questioned why the Congress postponed investigating Prajwal Revanna until after the elections. In the seat of Hassan, JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, hundreds of these movies were in circulation. Following the release of the films, Revanna—who is charged with sexually assaulting many women—left the nation. Although he delayed making the films public until closer to the polls, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shiva Kumar has acknowledged knowing about them for months. Should he have been aware of the tapes, why didn’t the Congress government launch an inquiry right away? Why hold off till the results of the elections?” remarked Yediyurappa.

He claimed that the Congress administration has the authority to look into and take action about the protest against Revanna. He went on, “Why all of this drama?” Although he had alerted the BJP president about the recordings, according to Devaraje Gowda, the chief had not received the letter. On Tuesday, he blamed a communication breakdown for Hassan’s endorsement of Revanna despite the tapes.

“I sent a letter regarding the video to our president, Vijayendra Yediyurappa of the Karnataka BJP, and left it at the office, but he stated that the letter had not reached him either. In the letter, I stated that while there is nothing wrong with siding with JD(S), there are grave accusations of sexual harassment against Prajwal Revanna. Prajwal Revanna’s driver, Karthik, approached me and said he was being harassed. Kartik mentioned that Prajwal Revanna has several pornographic films. I questioned the driver about who else he had shown this film to. Karthik claimed to have delivered the president of the Congress the pornographic movies,” he told.

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He then admitted that he had considered the possibility of issues with the videos when he wrote the letter. “There was a communication breakdown, and he was given the ticket. He said that the JD(S) gave him the ticket even though they had the intelligence information; therefore, it was not the BJP’s responsibility.” Prajwal Revanna, grandson of HD Deve Gowda, has been suspended by the JD (S). Revannan’s former domestic was sexually assaulted, according to a police report from Karnataka. A specialized investigative unit is delving into the matter.

Mallikarjun Kharge Challenges PM Modi: ‘Do Only Muslims Have More Children? I Have 5 Because…

Mallikarjun Kharge, the president of the Congress, blasted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday for accusing “Muslims of having more children,” claiming that poverty breeds larger families. According to Mallikarjun Kharge, he even has five kids. “He (Modi) now talks about ‘Mangalsutra’ and Muslims since we are headed for a majority. We’ll take your money, he continues, and give it to the people with more kids. “Those who are poor tend to have more children,” stated Congressman Kharge, according to the report.

PM Modi alleged the Congress manifesto favors Muslims.

When PM Narendra Modi said that the Congress platform seeks to divide property according to a family’s number of children, he stirred some controversy last month. Muslims should have preferential access to the nation’s resources, according to a previous statement made by the Congress, according to Modi. As per the Congress platform, the property would be distributed when the gold is calculated in consultation with mothers and sisters and information is gathered. To whom will they give it? “During a Lok Sabha election rally in Rajasthan’s Banswara, Modi stated that Muslims have the primary claim to the nation’s assets, as stated by the government of Manmohan Singh.” “The Congress administration had already declared that Muslims should have priority over all national resources. In other words, who will receive this property? The people with the most children will receive it.It will be given out to the spies. Should the infiltrators receive your hard-earned money? Do you think this is okay? The prime minister continued.

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Poor people have more children: Kharge

In response to the Prime Minister’s assertion that his party’s policy calls for income to be redistributed to “those who have more children,” Kharge questioned, “Do only Muslims have them (children)? I possess five. The children of Mallikarjun Kharge are Priyank, Rahul, Priyadarshini, Jayashree, and Milind. “As the sole son, I was… Everyone died when my house caught fire. “Am I here just to see your kids?” my father questioned. stated Kharge. “Because they lack wealth, poor people have more children. Nevertheless, why do you (Modi) exclusively speak about Muslims? The speaker asserted that Muslims are part of this nation and urged the people not to be deceived. “We have to build the country by taking everyone together, not like them (the BJP) by breaking it,” Kharge continued.