BENGALURU: Prajwal Revanna’s former driver Karthik and BJP leader G Devaraje Gowda have engaged in a blame game over the leaked alleged sleaze videos of the JD(S) Hassan MP. The controversy has caused significant embarrassment to the regional party, leading to Prajwal’s suspension.
The Karnataka government has formed a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) of IPS officers, headed by Additional Director General of Police B K Singh, to investigate the alleged sexual harassment of multiple women by Prajwal, who is currently believed to be in Germany.An FIR has been filed against Prajwal and his father Revanna at the Holenarasipura police station in Hassan district for allegedly sexually harassing their former cook.
He mentioned that he had sought justice from G Devaraje Gowda as he had been in conflict with the Deve Gowda family. Devaraje Gowda contested the 2023 assembly election from the Holenarasipura assembly constituency on the BJP ticket and was defeated by Revanna.
In a video message on social media, Karthik claimed that he had worked with Prajwal Revanna for 15 years but had distanced himself from him a year ago due to personal issues. “The reason (for distancing from Prajwal) was that my land was taken away and my wife was beaten up. I was mentally tortured. Because my land was taken away, I came out of the job and started my fight (to get back land),” Karthik said in the message. He approached G Devaraje Gowda for justice, as the BJP leader had been fighting against the Deve Gowda family.
Karthik alleged that he had given a copy of the photos and videos to Devaraje Gowda, trusting him to use them to vacate a stay order obtained by Prajwal Revanna to prevent the release of the sleaze content. However, Karthik claimed that Devaraje Gowda misused the material and denied giving the videos and photos to Congress leaders or anyone else.
Devaraje Gowda, on the other hand, rejected the charges and stated that Karthik had been associating with the Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Hassan constituency, Shreyas Patel. He argued that neither the JD(S) nor the BJP would release the videos, as it would go against the NDA alliance’s candidate.
“If there was someone benefiting from this, it was Congress. Only for his political gain, the Congress candidate (Shreyas Patel) has mortgaged the modesty of women seen in the videos,” Devaraje Gowda said. He added that he is awaiting a notice from the SIT, at which point he will release important documents. The BJP leader also claimed that the Congress leaders will fall into the trap they had set for others.
The Karnataka government has formed a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) of IPS officers, headed by Additional Director General of Police B K Singh, to investigate the alleged sexual harassment of multiple women by Prajwal, who is currently believed to be in Germany.An FIR has been filed against Prajwal and his father Revanna at the Holenarasipura police station in Hassan district for allegedly sexually harassing their former cook.
He mentioned that he had sought justice from G Devaraje Gowda as he had been in conflict with the Deve Gowda family. Devaraje Gowda contested the 2023 assembly election from the Holenarasipura assembly constituency on the BJP ticket and was defeated by Revanna.
In a video message on social media, Karthik claimed that he had worked with Prajwal Revanna for 15 years but had distanced himself from him a year ago due to personal issues. “The reason (for distancing from Prajwal) was that my land was taken away and my wife was beaten up. I was mentally tortured. Because my land was taken away, I came out of the job and started my fight (to get back land),” Karthik said in the message. He approached G Devaraje Gowda for justice, as the BJP leader had been fighting against the Deve Gowda family.
Karthik alleged that he had given a copy of the photos and videos to Devaraje Gowda, trusting him to use them to vacate a stay order obtained by Prajwal Revanna to prevent the release of the sleaze content. However, Karthik claimed that Devaraje Gowda misused the material and denied giving the videos and photos to Congress leaders or anyone else.
Devaraje Gowda, on the other hand, rejected the charges and stated that Karthik had been associating with the Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Hassan constituency, Shreyas Patel. He argued that neither the JD(S) nor the BJP would release the videos, as it would go against the NDA alliance’s candidate.
“If there was someone benefiting from this, it was Congress. Only for his political gain, the Congress candidate (Shreyas Patel) has mortgaged the modesty of women seen in the videos,” Devaraje Gowda said. He added that he is awaiting a notice from the SIT, at which point he will release important documents. The BJP leader also claimed that the Congress leaders will fall into the trap they had set for others.
