New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, urging him to extend all possible help to the victims of JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna's alleged sexual abuse.
In a letter to Siddaramaiah, Gandhi condemned the actions of Revanna, an MP from Hassan in Karnataka, and accused him of enjoying immunity with the blessings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
In a veiled attack on Modi, the Congress leader said he has never come across a senior public representative who has constantly chosen silence in the face of untold violence against women.
"I request you to kindly extend all possible support to the victims," Gandhi said in his letter to the Karnataka chief minister.
"They deserve our compassion and solidarity as they fight their battle for justice. We have a collective duty to ensure that all parties responsible for these heinous crimes are brought to book," he added.
Describing the incidents as "horrific sexual violence" unleashed by the incumbent Member of Parliament, Gandhi alleged that Revanna sexually assaulted and filmed hundreds of women over several years.
"Many who looked up to him as a brother and son were brutalised in the most violent manner and robbed of their dignity. The rape of our mothers and sisters warrants the strictest possible punishment."
"I am deeply shocked to learn that as far back as December 2023, our Home Minister Shri Amit Shah was informed by Shri G Devaraje Gowda about Prajwal Revanna's antecedents, especially his history of sexual violence and the presence of videos filmed by the perpetrator," the former Congress chief said.
He said what is even more shocking is that despite these gruesome allegations being brought to the notice of the seniormost leadership of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre, Modi campaigned and canvassed for a "mass rapist".
"Furthermore, the Union government wilfully allowed him to flee India to derail any meaningful investigation. The deeply perverse nature of these crimes and the absolute immunity enjoyed by Prajwal Revanna with the blessings of the Prime Minister and Home Minister deserves the strongest condemnation," Gandhi said.
"In my two decades in public life, I have never come across a senior public representative who has constantly chosen silence in the face of untold violence against women. From our wrestlers in Haryana to our sisters in Manipur, Indian women are bearing the brunt of the Prime Minister's tacit support for such criminals," he alleged.
In this backdrop, Gandhi said the Congress has a moral duty to fight for justice for "our mothers and sisters".
"I understand that the Karnataka government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the grave allegations, and a request has been made to the Prime Minister to cancel Prajwal Revanna's diplomatic passport and get him extradited to India at the earliest," he said.
H D Revanna, the Janata Dal (Secular) MLA from Holenarasipura in Karnataka's Hassan district, is the son of former prime minister and JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda and elder brother of former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy. He is facing allegations of sexually abusing women.
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Ya ya rightly said bopanna...90% of rapes world wide done by them only ..mustapanna ...piece kabab country kananna adu ...
Third rated person from third rated community ...he must be sent for 5 years jail...in their community women are treated as property ...no voice and no respect for opinion ...jail that rapist ..ley sheikh koorappa saaku ...u don't have any rights to say that. .....frustration yaargappa sameee...jihadists are highly frustrated across the globe ...India dallanthu ..burnol sales day by day jaasthine agtha ide...Russians are banging kaali plate of Islamic state ...Islamic banana republic of porkistan are banged up by RAW ,Chinese are banging third rated in people and asking them to shave their beards ..turkey itself getting banged front and back ...no need to say about Israelis ..haha ..Israel hesru helidre ...loose motion suru Agathe jihadi galige ..haha ..adu bidi maarre ...papa the Jana Myanmar navaru jihadi gala attahaasavannu end madlikke rohingya galanna odistha iddare ..mostly bunder nalli iro bunder galige artha agalla ..yaake Andre avakke tale ne tirgalla ..tale yaake tirgalla Andre mallya juice haakalla ...haha...baa maams siddu has brought down on tax on wine...neenu hodi .sheikh GU haaksu ...burnol ge haako dudnslli swalpa karch maadi aitha ?...haha
.... But still, islum has more rapists and thrives per 100 of population .....
Aslum gussa mat Ho ! Islam is full of peas ! Happy ?
Bopanna,
Just shut your mouth, in each religion, each city, each country there is good and bad people, it doesn't mean what you barking!! Senseless fellow...
At what age did wish a get married ?
BhaiLog, sach kadva hots hai.
Why u lot barking when u hear the truth ? Look at most rapes who is behind it ? In Kerala one girl killed by whom ? ANWAR UL ISLAM !!!
Bopanna is your name is named by your parents? or r u shamed of your name which your parents named you and you changed yourself? Dont be shamed show your identity so all can know wich material ur made up from.. May god give you some knowledge and peace.. follower of frustated party... haha
Bopanna: be matured, go through all the crime incidents and please dont try to climb for religious status. Mr Bopanna(its not your real name) might you are working and getting salary from religious of peace people's country) why cant you get out from KSA??? BE WELL MATURED BEFORE COMMENT.
@Bopanna. If you judge a BMW car by the driver of it, then your perception is not correct.
follower of piece is namo naresh !
The minute I read the heading I was thinking that this guy must be the
Follower of the \religion of peace\". As expected from you guys anyway"
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