Why is Prime Minister silent on Prajwal Revanna, asks Congress
The Congress attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP, accusing them of elding Prajwal Revanna — JD(S) MP and grandson of party supremo H.D. Deve Gowda — from the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, despite being informed by the Karnataka BJP leaders about his sexual misconduct.
The JD(S) is ghting the Lok Sabha election in Karnataka in alliance with the BJP.
A case has been registered in the State against Mr. Prajwal and his father H.D. Revanna, after a domestic help at their household led a complaint. She alleged that four months after she started working for them, Mr. Revanna used to sexually harass her, and Mr. Prajwal used to make video calls to her daughter and have “vulgar conversations” with her.
In a post in Hindi on ◣, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, “The leader with whom the PM gets photographed by placing his hand on his shoulder. The leader for whom the PM himself campaigned 10 days ago. Today, that leader of Karnataka is absconding from the country.” Mr. Prajwal is said to have left for Germany a few days back. “Just hearing about his heinous crimes committed is heart-wrenching. This ruined the lives of hundreds of women. Modiji, will you still remain silent?” Ms. Vadra said.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said that in December 2023 itself, a BJP leader had informed [the party] about the “atrocities of Prajwal Revanna”. “... This is not surprising. Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Kuldeep Sengar and now Prajwal Revanna — the Prime Minister has shown his true face time and again,” Mr. Ramesh said in a post in Hindi on ◣.
“These women are domestic workers, and party workers, MPs, and their lives have been destroyed by him.,” Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said.