Prajwal case: Amit Shah says BJP’s stand clear, won’t tolerate violence against women

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday, April 30, slammed the Congress government in Karnataka for inaction in the Janata Dal Secular MP Prajwal Revanna’s ‘sex tape’ controversy. Shah said that the incident cannot be tolerated.

“BJP’s stand is clear that we stand with the ‘Matr Shakti’ 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. The state government has to take action on it. We are in favor of the investigation and our partner JD(S) has also announced to take action against it. Today there is a meeting of their core committee and steps will be taken,” Shah told reporters in Guwahati.

A case has been filed against Revanna amid a row over “obscene videos” allegedly showing him sexually assaulting multiple women.

Revanna, who is a JD(S) sole MP and the NDA candidate from Hassan in Karnataka has found himself at the epicentre of a political storm after a sex video clip went viral days before the April 26 polling. An FIR was filed against him and his father MLA HD Revanna on April 28, on charges of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation by the Holenarsipur Town Police. The complainant is a 47-year-old woman.

The complainant alleged that she faced harassment at the hands of the father-son duo, while working at their household for three-and-a-half years from 2019. Detailing allegations of purported harassment that she suffered along with other domestic help, the complainant said she chose to step forward and report after watching online clips of other women narrating their experiences.

Prajwal since, has reportedly left the country. Prajwal’s election agent had earlier filed a complaint alleging that ‘morphed videos’ of the Hassan MP were circulating online. The Karnataka government has announced the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the alleged sex videos.

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KV Prasad Journo follow politics, process in Parliament and US Congress. Former Congressional APSA-Fulbright Fellow