JD(S) suspends MP Prajwal Revanna after sexual abuse case

JDS on Tuesday suspended its Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna from the party with immediate effect over an alleged sexual harassment case involving himThe suspension came minutes after the party core committee that met in Hubballi recommended his suspension to its national president and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda who is also Revannarsquos grandfatherldquoVideos of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna allegedly harassing women are widely in circulation on social media and media and this has caused huge embarrassment to the party and its leadershiprdquo the suspension order saidPrajwal RevannaStating that the Congress government in Karnataka has constituted a Special Investigation Team to investigate this it said ldquoIn this backdrop as per JDSrsquo party constitution and rules regarding breach of discipline and punishment Prajwal Revanna has been suspended with immediate effectrdquoThe suspension order signed by party General Secretary K R Shivakumar was released to the media following approval from the JDS national PresidentPrajwal is the BJPJDS alliancersquos candidate from Hassan which went to the polls on Friday The 33yearold is the son of H D Deve Gowdarsquos elder son H D Revanna who is an MLA and a former Minister Prajwalrsquos uncle H D Kumaraswamy is state president of JDSlsquoBJP will not tolerate any insult to womenrsquoUnion Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday condemned the alleged sexual abuse of women involving Lok Sabha MP Prajwal Revanna asserting that the BJP will not tolerate any insult to women Revanna 33 is the BJPJDS alliance candidate for Hassan Lok Sabha constituency which went to polls on April 26NSUI members burn a poster of Prajwal PicsPTIEarlier in the day the JDS suspended Revanna from the party with immediate effect ldquoThe issue regarding Revanna that has been reported in the media is very hurtful and cannot be tolerated in any wayrdquo Shah told a press conference here ldquoThe BJPrsquos stand is very clear we will not tolerate any insult to lsquomatri aur nari shaktirsquo women empowermentrdquo he assertedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever