Kumaraswamy claimed that 25,000 pen drives with such videos were distributed before polls, and accused CM Siddaramaiah and his Deputy, DK Shivakumar, of a conspiracy.
JD(S) state chief and ex-Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday, 7 May, called for immediate suspension of Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar from the cabinet, alleging he played a role in leaking the pen drive with videos of women being sexually abused allegedly by his nephew, Prajwal Revanna. He claimed 25,000 pen drives were distributed before polls in a conspiracy.