Revanna said, “I apologize to my parents… I was feeling depressed. I will return (to India) and appear before the special investigation team formed by the state government on May 31 (Friday).” “I will cooperate to the best of my ability and give all answers.
Karnataka sexual offense case: Prajwal Revanna is a Janata Dal secular MP from Hassan Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka, which has been nominated for defense in the 2024 general elections.
New Delhi: Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna – who fled to Germany last month soon after allegations of horrific sex crimes by women who said he forced them to perform sexual acts – issued a statement on Monday, Which accused the comments and “political drama”. By opposition leaders including Congress. MP Rahul Gandhi “pushed me into depression and isolated me.”
Revanna said, “I apologize to my parents… I was feeling depressed. I will return (to India) and appear before the special investigation team formed by the state government on May 31 (Friday).”
“I will cooperate as much as possible and give all answers. I have full faith in the legal system (and) I will get out of these false cases against me. I have the blessings of God and my family…”
On May 1, four days after fleeing the country, Revana posted a message on X. “I am not in Bengaluru…I have informed (police) through my lawyer that the truth will come out soon,” he said.
Revanna is the grandson of Janata Dal (Secular) leader, party patron and former Chief Minister HD Deve Gowda, and nephew of senior leader and former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
He is also the MP from Hassan Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka, which he has been nominated to save in the 2024 general elections. RJD has formed an alliance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
Rivana’s letter, his first public comment on the allegations against him, comes after a warning from Deve Gowda, who asked his grandson to go home and surrender “or face the wrath of his family.”
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Deve Gowda said he had warned Rivana not to “test my patience” and that it would take time to recover from the “shock and pain”. The former prime minister – who has been targeted by political rivals from the ruling Congress and his former allies over allegations that he sent Revanna abroad – insisted that he called for the “strictest punishment under the law” for his grandson. did. Found guilty”. …”
Last week the former Prime Minister had also appealed to his nephew. “I appealed to him publicly… and told him: If you respect the party and Deve Gowda, then come back… cooperate in the investigation. If you have not done anything, prove it. If you have If you have done so, you will be punished,” Rivana was told.
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Revana’s return home may be complicated by the Foreign Ministry’s cancellation of his diplomatic passport. An application to this effect has been submitted by the state government.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the Center is in the process of canceling travel documents. Mr Jaishankar also took the opportunity to attack the ruling Congress in Karnataka and declared that the request to cancel the passport was submitted only on May 21, several days after the scam came to light.
NDTV Analysis | A systematic failure in not forcing Rivanna to face the law
Congress and BJP attacked each other on the Revanna issue.
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The former pointed to the alliance between the BJP and the RJD to claim that Prajwal Revanna is safe, while the latter criticized the state government for its delayed response.
Prajwal Revanna – who is facing an arrest warrant from the MP/MLA court – has denied all the allegations against him.
