Did PMO not communicate our request to cancel Prajwal Revanna’s passport, asks Karnataka minister
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the request was received only on May 21, while the Congress-led state government said it had sent a letter in April.
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Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday asked if the state government’s request to cancel Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna’s diplomatic passport was not communicated to the Ministry of External Affairs by the Prime Minister’s Office, reported PTI.
The question came a day after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said his ministry received a request to seize Revanna’s passport only on May 21, reported ANI.
On April 28, Revanna and his father, former Karnataka minister HD Revanna, were booked by the Karnataka Police for sexual harassment and criminal intimidation. The first information report was based on a complaint by a woman who had worked in the Revanna household for three-and-a-half years.
This came shortly after videos of alleged sexual assault against several women, allegedly recorded by Prajwal Revanna himself, surfaced ahead of Lok Sabha polls in the constituency on April 26.
So far, three women have filed complaints of sexual assault against Prajwal Revanna.
Prajwal Revanna is believed to be in Germany, where he flew on the night of April 27 using his diplomatic passport. He was suspended from the Janata Dal (Secular) on April 30.
On Friday, Jaishankar said that after his ministry “immediately acted” upon receiving on May 21 the Karnataka government’s request to cancel Revanna’s passport. “We have to follow a certain procedure and the...
