"Is Being Part Of Modi's 'Rajneethik Parivar' A 'Suraksha Guarantee' For Criminals?": Rahul Gandhi's Dig At Obscene Video Case

New Delhi : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday over the ongoing obscene video case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna in Karnataka demanding an answer on the matter.

Gandhi claimed that the Prime Minister has "maintained a shameful silence" on acts of crime against women in Karnataka.

"As usual, Narendra Modi has maintained a shameful silence on the gruesome crimes against women in Karnataka. The Prime Minister will have to answer: Knowing everything why did they promote the monster who exploited hundreds of daughters just for the sake of votes? After all, how did such a big criminal escape from the country with such ease?" asked Rahul Gandhi in a post on X.

"From Kaiserganj to Karnataka and Unnao to Uttarakhand, the Prime Minister's silent support to the culprits of daughters is boosting the morale of criminals across the country. Is being part of Modi's 'political family' a 'guarantee of safety' for criminals?" the post mentioned further.

A political row has erupted over the case pertaining to Prajwal Revanna and his "having left the country" and claims of some opposition parties that he had gone to Germany.

All India Mahila Congress president Alka Lamba on Monday demanded Prajwal Revanna, who is MP from Hassan, be deported to India from Germany and that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah should write to the Minister of External Affairs on the issue.
Revanna was booked in an alleged sexual harassment case on April 28 following complaints by his former housekeeper.

The case has been registered under sections 354A, 354D, 506, and 509 of the IPC on charges of sexual harassment, intimidation and outraging the dignity of a woman. As per the complaint, the victim has claimed that Prajwal Revanna and his father HD Revanna had sexually assaulted her. Revanna is the grandson of party supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.

The Karnataka government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged obscene video case against Prajwal Revanna.

Earlier on Tuesday, the JD(S) core committee recommended the suspension of Prajwal Revanna.