PM Modi says ‘zero tolerance’ for Prajwal Revanna, alleges Karnataka government let him escape
The prime minister said that the Congress government should have kept vigil at airports and not allowed the MP, accused of sexual abuse, to leave the state.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said there should be zero tolerance for people like Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing allegations of sexual abuse.
The prime minister, in an interview with Times Now, blamed the Congress government in Karnataka for letting Revanna leave the state.
Prajwal Revanna, along with his father and former Karnataka minister HD Revanna, is facing allegations of sexual abuse and criminal intimidation.
On April 30, the Janata Dal (Secular) suspended Prajwal, the MP from Hassan who sought re-election from the seat. The Janata Dal (Secular) is contesting the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Over the past two weeks, several videos and photographs of the sexual assault have been circulating through the phones and computers of Hassan residents.
Modi, in the interview with Times Now on Monday, said these videos would not have been made in a single day, which implies that they were from the time when the Janata Dal (Secular) was in alliance with the Congress.
The Janata Dal (Secular) had allied with the Congress after the 2018 Karnataka elections. Following this, party leader HD Kumaraswamy became the chief minister. However, the alliance fell apart after the Kumaraswamy-led government lost its majority in July 2019.
The Janata Dal (Secular) joined the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in September last...
