Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to take swift action to cancel the diplomatic passport of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna who has allegedly flown to Germany after being accused of sexually abusing several women.
In his letter to Modi on Wednesday, Siddaramaiah also asked the prime minister to take other steps such as using diplomatic and police channels of the Government of India as well as international police agencies to ensure the swift return of the MP to face the full force of the law.
The 33-year-old JD(S) leader is the son of former minister H.D. Revanna and grandson of former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda. The BJP-JD(S) alliance had fielded Prajwal, this time too, from Hassan constituency which went to polls on Friday.
“The allegations that the MP and NDA candidate for Hassan Lok Sabha seat Prajwal Revanna is facing are horrific and shameful and these have shaken the conscience of the country,” Siddharamaiah said.
The SIT, he said, was working round the clock to investigate the allegations of crimes against several women by Revanna. “..getting him back to the country is of utmost importance so that he faces investigation and trial as per the law of the land,” Siddaramaiah said.
He requested PM Modi to “kindly move the Ministries of External Affairs and Home Affairs to take swift action to cancel the Diplomatic Passport of Prajwal Revanna and to take such other steps using Diplomatic and Police Channels of the Government of India as well as International Police agencies to ensure the swift return of the absconding Member of Parliament…”.
Meanwhile, first time reacting on these developments, Revanna said in a post on X that he was unable to appear before the SIT formed to probe the cases of alleged sexual harassment. “As I am not in Bangalore to attend the enquiry, I have communicated to C.I.D Bangalore through my Advocate. Truth will prevail soon,” the post said. The letter addressed by his lawyer to SIT chief B K Singh sought seven days for him to appear before the investigating officers.
