Prajwal is the grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda and a nephew of Karnataka former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy.
All India Mahila Congress chief Alka Lamba. (X)
The Congress on Sunday, 5 May, asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his “silence” on Karnataka’s alleged sexual abuse case involving JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, and asserted that its women’s wing will keep raising its voice until he is brought back to India to face the law.
All India Mahila Congress chief Alka Lamba slammed Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani and National Women Commission Chairperson Rekha Sharma for being silent on the case.
“Today half the population of the country is demanding that Smriti Irani and Rekha Sharma break their silence,” she said at a press conference at the AICC headquarters in Delhi.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has also expressed concern over the matter and former party chief Rahul Gandhi has written a letter to the Karnataka chief minister, asking for strict action, Lamba said.
“Prime Minister, break your silence. Until PM Modi brings Prajwal Revanna from Germany and hands him over to the Karnataka government, Mahila Congress will raise its voice from every corner of the country. Not only us, half the population of the country (women) will ask you questions,” she said.
“Mahila Congress will ‘gherao’ PM Modi everywhere because we are not afraid of your power and police machinery,” she said.
Lamba said a BJP leader had written a letter to the Karnataka BJP state president informing him about Prajwal Ravanna’s involvement in the “mass rape case.”
The BJP already knew about thousands of his “obscene” videos, she claimed.
“Yet PM Modi asks for votes for Prajwal Revanna and Prajwal and his father are seen standing with HD Revanna,” she said and played out the video of Modi campaigning for them.
“All this shows that PM Modi is defending Prajwal Revanna,” she alleged.
She said that a delegation of Mahila Congress had met the NCW on 30 April over the case and sought action.
“Today is 5 May, but no response has come from the National Commission for Women,” she said.
विगत 30 अप्रैल 2024, मंगलवार को हमारी @MahilaCongress की साथियों के एक प्रतिनिधि मंडल ने भगौड़े मास रेपिस्ट सांसद प्रज्वल रेवन्ना के मामले में @NCWIndia मुख्यालय पहुंचकर, आयोग की अध्यक्ष @sharmarekha के नाम ज्ञापन सौंपा था लेकिन उनकी ओर से अभी तक कोई जवाब हमें नहीं मिला है।
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— Alka Lamba 🇮🇳 (@LambaAlka) May 6, 2024
Prajwal and his father HD Revanna, a former Karnataka minister, were booked by police on Sunday on charges of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation based on a complaint from a woman, who worked in their household.
Prajwal is the grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda and a nephew of Karnataka former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy.
Faced with unrelenting attacks from the Congress and other political parties, the JD(S), an ally of the BJP, has suspended Prajwal.
Karnataka JD(S) MLA HD Revanna was arrested by sleuths of a Special Investigation Team on Saturday, 4 May in a kidnapping case linked to sexual abuse allegations against his son Prajwal, officials said. He was arrested soon after a court here rejected his anticipatory bail plea.
Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Sunday said a “Blue Corner” notice has been issued and Interpol’s help is being taken to bring NDA’s Hassan Lok Sabha candidate Prajwal Revanna back to India.
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