‘Why is PM Modi silent?’ asks Priyanka Gandhi on Prajwal Revanna’s alleged obscene video case

New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday attacked the JDS alleging that heinous crimes had been committed by Janata Dal (Secular) leader Prajwal Revanna that have ruined the lives of hundreds of women. Priyanka Gandhi also questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the matter.
"The leader on whose shoulder the PM puts his hand and gets himself photographed, the leader for whom the PM himself goes to campaign 10 days before the election. He praises him on the stage. Today that leader from Karnataka is absconding from the country. Just hearing about his heinous crimes makes my heart tremble. He has ruined the lives of hundreds of women. Modi ji will you remain silent?," Priyanka Gandhi said in a post on X.
Prajwal Revanna was booked in a sexual harassment case on April 28 following complaints by his former house help. The case has been registered under sections 354A, 354D, 506, and 509 of the IPC on charges of sexual harassment, intimidation and outraging the dignity of a woman.
As per the complaint, the victim has claimed that both HD Revanna and Prajwal Revanna sexually assaulted her. The complainant further claimed that when Revanna's wife was not at home, he touched her inappropriately and used to sexually assault her.
The Karnataka government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged obscene video case against MP Revanna.
In this regard, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said that action should be taken against any individual who has committed something wrong.
"There is no problem for alliance candidates, if somebody has done something wrong, then action should be taken against them according to the relevant law. I have nothing much to say," Pralhad Joshi said.
Amid the controversy over the alleged obscene video case linked to Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna, Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday said that if anyone is involved in any wrongdoing they will have to face punishment according to the provisions in the law.
Earlier today, Janata Dal (Secular) MLA Sharana Gowda Kandakur wrote to party president HD Deve Gowda demanding the expulsion of Prajwal Revanna from the party over the alleged obscene video case.
Kandakur said that the expulsion of HD Deve Gowda's grandson will save the party from further embarrassment.
Another JD(S) MLA Samruddhi Manjunath also raised questions on the issue, saying it had become an embarrassment for party workers.
"Not only are ordinary workers of the party embarrassed in the state, but even mentioning the name of the party has become embarrassing. As a first-time MLA, I am not being able to answer the questions asked by the media. It is high time that honorable President H.D. Deve Gowda should take an appropriate decision" he posted on X.
Prajwal Revanna is seeking a fresh term in the Lower House from Hassan as a candidate of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and is pitted against Congress' Shreyas Patel. (ANI)