Prajwal Revanna, Karnataka MP was suspended today from the Janata Dal (Secular) or JD(S) amid a row over videos allegedly showing him sexually assaulting many women.
Prajwal Revanna a sitting MP from Karnataka’s Hassan constituency has also been issued a show-cause notice by the party. The video clips involving Prajwal Revanna, circulated on social media a day after his constituency went to polls.
The scandal includes hundreds of explicit videos that were shot by the Revanna grandson of JDS chief and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and were circulated widely in the Hassan constituency.
This was followed up by a woman filing a police case against Prajwal Revanna, accusing him of sexual assault. She alleged she had been sexually abused various times between 2019 and 2022.
The complainant also claimed that Prajwal Revanna misbehaved with her daughter over a video call and had vulgar conversations with her. The woman alleged that Prajwal’s father HD Revanna also sexually assaulted her when his wife was not at home.
Prajwal has denied the allegations and filed a complaint claiming that the videos being circulated are doctored. On Saturday morning the 33-year-old left for Germany, shortly after the videos emerged online.
Prajwal’s father HD Revanna, who is also an accused in the case, is MLA from Holenarasipur constituency. The Karnataka government has formed a special investigation team (SIT) to look into the obscene videos case. The decision to set up the SIT came after the state women’s commission recommended the Siddaramaiah government to take action.
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