JD(S) suspends Prajwal Revanna over sexual harassment allegations

The clips, allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna, surfaced on social media a day after he voted on April 26 in Phase 2 of the elections.

Days after a case was filed against JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna amid a row over explicit videos, the top leadership of the party has suspended the parliamentarian. Prajwal Revanna is the BJP-JD(S) Lok Sabha candidate from Hassan in Karnataka.

JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy added that the suspension will be in effect till the completion of the ongoing investigation.  The former CM’s statement came minutes after Union home minister Amit Shah said the BJP favours a probe in the case and pointed out that their alliance partner JD(S) is also set to take a step at a party meeting.

"We welcome SIT against Prajwal Revanna. We've taken a decision to recommend our party's national president to suspend him from the party till the SIT investigation is completed, "said, JD(S) core committee president GT Devegowda addressing the media.

The videos allegedly showed him sexually assaulting multiple women. The clips, allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna, surfaced on social media a day after he voted on April 26 in Phase 2 of the elections.

On April 29, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to probe the sex scandal commenced its work while the MP is believed to have left for Europe early on Saturday morning.

“The BJP’s stand is clear that we stand with the ‘matrushakti’ of the country. I want to ask Congress, whose government is there? The government is of Congress party. Why they have not taken any action till now? We do not have to take action on this as this is a law and order issue of the state, state government has to take action on it,” said Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressing the media in Guwahati earlier today.