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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Jihadists are fuming , when they beg funds for madrasa and shaadi bhagya , why not give it for temples .ofcourse 98% tax paid by hindus, jains , christians and sikhs .who are proud nationalists ... well done KCR , even give for all temples .
This is only a show biz. Thousands of poors and farmers are suffering all over india and many people are commenting suicde due to poverty on daily basis. Why dont this CM use the money on uplifting of poors. Is his God poorer than these poor indians. Why the temple management is not showing interest in the improvement or help of needy people. If the wealth these temples have will be used wisely, i think 75 percent of poverty in india can be solved. However, no politician or temple is botherd about this.
Whose money is that, being a responsible CM he should have given it to poorer and downtrodden people around or helped farmers to over come their financial problems. Everyday we see on newspaper of their suicide attempts and deaths due to financial situations....
God does not need anybody's money...God gives, doesn't take.....
in Hyderabad itself so many poor people re there..he should have used this money for their betterment..
There is no God except ALLAH... and Muhammd pbuh is the final messager of ALLAH who conveyed the message of oneness of God to all mankind not just muslims...
Every time the messenger was sent to remind people of the oneness of God and to worship him alone... When the messenger was gone people started to worship whatever they felt... even without knowing and trying to know who GOD is ... People live a life of UNAWARE...
READ THE QURAN and try to know who the TRUE GOD . its a manual for whole of MANKIND... Dont accept until YOU are convinced with what it says ... U Have the choice..
Does GOD require gift from Human? Does GOD will be happy or accept if Human give ornaments which that statue can't even wear by himself unless human help? Does GOD require gift from tax payers money? What GOD is going to do with expensive ornaments?
On the other side Sanghi's protecting their GOD (cow) by violence. Does GOD need help or Protection from his own creation. Muscle head doesn't understand.
There are many people who are living in poverty... It would be a blessing from God if the CM would have looked after the LIVING and not idols...
its pure emotional black mail to people by offering the gold to lifeless objects
May God give a just leader to the people of the World...
For what ??? What benefit will Idols get and what benefit CM will get ?? Instead of spending this huge amount in idols CM could have spend it on poor people so that he could be blessed out of it. In 5 crore how many poor people could have benefited? How many shelters for poor could have built it ? This is nothing but wastage of wealth. God Doesnt need anything from human being. Help poor and be kind to all. This gold will fill the lockers of temple management.
Niralli Homa itta hage aitu.. Seriously crazy CM and crazy beliefs.
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