HUBBALLI: The JD(S) on Tuesday suspended its Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna over a sex scandal row. A decision in this regard was taken at the party’s core committee meeting held in Hubballi on Tuesday.
A decision on permanent expulsion will be taken only after SIT findings. The Karnataka government has set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe all the charges against Revanna, the party said.
“We welcome SIT against Prajwal Revanna. We’ve taken a decision to recommend our party’s national president suspend him from the party till the SIT investigation is completed,” JD(S) core committee president G T Devegowda said.
Former Karnataka chief minister and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy, who is also the uncle of Prajwal, said: “His (Prajwal Revanna) suspension is till the investigation is completed.”
Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, is facing sexual abuse charges, and some videos of him have surfaced online.
Suspecting a sinister plot against the JD(S), Kumaraswamy said the obscene videos were released just five days before polling in Hassan seat (the constituency went to polls in the first phase on April 26). “The victims haven’t complained to the government till now. The State Women’s Commission has written a letter to the Chief Minister on this matter. After that, the CM announced an SIT,” he said.
The police on Sunday booked Prajwal and his father—JD(S) MLA and former minister H D Revanna—for sexual harassment and criminal intimidation based on a complaint by a woman who worked in their household.
Prajwal (33) is the JD(S) candidate for the Lok Sabha election from Hassan. He has been suspended under Article XXII—Breach of Discipline 4 and Punishment 6—of the party’s constitution and rules, with approval from the JD(S) national president, H D Deve Gowda, after the party’s core committee made a recommendation in this regard.
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