Bengaluru, JD(S) on Tuesday suspended its Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna from the party with immediate effect for his involvement in an alleged sex scandal.
The suspension came after the party's core committee meeting in Hubball recommended his suspension to party national president and former Prime Minister D. Deve Gowda, who is also Revanna's grandfather.
"Videos of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna allegedly harassing women are being widely circulated on social media and media and have caused immense embarrassment to the party and its leadership," the suspension order said.
Stating that the Congress government in Karnataka has constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe it, it said, "In this background, as per the JD(S) party constitution and rules on punishment for violation of discipline, Prajwal Revanna has been immediately suspended." Effect.,
The suspension order, signed by party general secretary KR Shivakumar, was released to the media after the approval of the JD(S) national president.
Prajwal is the BJP-JD(S) alliance candidate from Hassan, where voting was held on Friday. The 33-year-old is the son of H D Deve Gowda, the elder son of H Revanna, who is an MLA and former minister. Prajwal's uncle HD Kumaraswamy is the state president of JD(S).
Speaking to reporters in Hubballi after the core committee meeting, its chief and MLA GT Deve Gowda said, “With regard to the allegations against Prajwal Revanna, the Karnataka government has constituted an SIT and they have started the investigation, we Welcome it."Since the investigation is ongoing and continuing, the report is still awaited. We have decided not to interfere in the process and extend full cooperation to the investigation."
He had earlier said, “We have also made a unanimous resolution to suspend him (Prajwal) from the party and made a recommendation in this regard to your national president HD Deve Gowda. Since he (Prajwal) is a Lok Sabha member.“The national president will have to take action. We have asked him to take immediate action.”
Some explicit video clips, allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna, had started circulating in Hassan in recent days.
The government has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged sex scandal involving the MP.
The core committee meeting was attended by state JD(S) president H Kumaraswamy and other members.Kumaraswamy said, the decision to suspend Prajwal has been taken and the tenure of suspension is based on the SIT investigation report and the government's action on it.
He said, "We welcome the SIT investigation. This suspension is till the SIT report comes on Prajwal's role. If the report comes that he is guilty, he will be permanently suspended."
The suspension came after the party's core committee meeting in Hubball recommended his suspension to party national president and former Prime Minister D. Deve Gowda, who is also Revanna's grandfather.
"Videos of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna allegedly harassing women are being widely circulated on social media and media and have caused immense embarrassment to the party and its leadership," the suspension order said.
Stating that the Congress government in Karnataka has constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe it, it said, "In this background, as per the JD(S) party constitution and rules on punishment for violation of discipline, Prajwal Revanna has been immediately suspended." Effect.,
The suspension order, signed by party general secretary KR Shivakumar, was released to the media after the approval of the JD(S) national president.
Prajwal is the BJP-JD(S) alliance candidate from Hassan, where voting was held on Friday. The 33-year-old is the son of H D Deve Gowda, the elder son of H Revanna, who is an MLA and former minister. Prajwal's uncle HD Kumaraswamy is the state president of JD(S).
Speaking to reporters in Hubballi after the core committee meeting, its chief and MLA GT Deve Gowda said, “With regard to the allegations against Prajwal Revanna, the Karnataka government has constituted an SIT and they have started the investigation, we Welcome it."Since the investigation is ongoing and continuing, the report is still awaited. We have decided not to interfere in the process and extend full cooperation to the investigation."
He had earlier said, “We have also made a unanimous resolution to suspend him (Prajwal) from the party and made a recommendation in this regard to your national president HD Deve Gowda. Since he (Prajwal) is a Lok Sabha member.“The national president will have to take action. We have asked him to take immediate action.”
Some explicit video clips, allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna, had started circulating in Hassan in recent days.
The government has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged sex scandal involving the MP.
The core committee meeting was attended by state JD(S) president H Kumaraswamy and other members.Kumaraswamy said, the decision to suspend Prajwal has been taken and the tenure of suspension is based on the SIT investigation report and the government's action on it.
He said, "We welcome the SIT investigation. This suspension is till the SIT report comes on Prajwal's role. If the report comes that he is guilty, he will be permanently suspended."
