BENGALURU: G Devaraje Gowda, a BJP leader and advocate currently in custody due to a sexual abuse case, has made serious allegations against Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar and four other ministers. On Friday, Gowda claimed that these individuals were responsible for distributing pen drives allegedly containing explicit videos of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna.
Furthermore, Gowda has asserted that Shivakumar offered him a staggering sum of Rs 100 crore to “bring a bad name” to the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as well as to tarnish the reputation of JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy in connection with the Prajwal Revanna obscene video case.These allegations have added a new dimension to the ongoing controversy surrounding the case.
“D K Shivakumar is behind the pen drive case, a team of four Ministers N Chaluvarayaswamy, Krishna Byre Gowda, Priyank Kharge and another minister was formed to handle this. It was done to bring a bad name to the BJP, PM Modi and Kumaraswamy. I was offered Rs 100 crore,” Gowda claimed.
Speaking to reporters while being taken to the district prison in Hassan, after the police custody ended, he said, “Shivakumar told me ‘you say Kumaraswamy is behind the distribution of pen drives. You won’t be in problem, I will secure you…it was done to destroy Kumaraswamy’s leadership in the state. As I did not agree, I’m being fixed in cases.”
“They tried to fix me in a sexual harassment and rape case against me, but found no evidence. Now, they are trying to fix me in the pen drive case,” he alleged, and said former MLC M A Gopalaswamy of Channarayapatna was sent for negotiations.
Prajwal Revanna, aged 33, is currently facing allegations of sexually abusing multiple women, leading to a political uproar between the ruling Congress party and the BJP-JD(S) alliance.
In an attempt to facilitate his return, an Interpol Blue Corner Notice has been issued against Prajwal.
He was BJP-JD(S) alliance’s joint candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha segment, which went to polls in the first phase on April 26.
The Congress government has established a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the cases. However, the BJP and JD(S), both NDA partners, are insisting that the case be transferred to the CBI. They are also demanding action against those responsible for the widespread distribution of the explicit videos related to the case.
Furthermore, Gowda has asserted that Shivakumar offered him a staggering sum of Rs 100 crore to “bring a bad name” to the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as well as to tarnish the reputation of JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy in connection with the Prajwal Revanna obscene video case.These allegations have added a new dimension to the ongoing controversy surrounding the case.
“D K Shivakumar is behind the pen drive case, a team of four Ministers N Chaluvarayaswamy, Krishna Byre Gowda, Priyank Kharge and another minister was formed to handle this. It was done to bring a bad name to the BJP, PM Modi and Kumaraswamy. I was offered Rs 100 crore,” Gowda claimed.
Speaking to reporters while being taken to the district prison in Hassan, after the police custody ended, he said, “Shivakumar told me ‘you say Kumaraswamy is behind the distribution of pen drives. You won’t be in problem, I will secure you…it was done to destroy Kumaraswamy’s leadership in the state. As I did not agree, I’m being fixed in cases.”
“They tried to fix me in a sexual harassment and rape case against me, but found no evidence. Now, they are trying to fix me in the pen drive case,” he alleged, and said former MLC M A Gopalaswamy of Channarayapatna was sent for negotiations.
Prajwal Revanna, aged 33, is currently facing allegations of sexually abusing multiple women, leading to a political uproar between the ruling Congress party and the BJP-JD(S) alliance.
In an attempt to facilitate his return, an Interpol Blue Corner Notice has been issued against Prajwal.
He was BJP-JD(S) alliance’s joint candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha segment, which went to polls in the first phase on April 26.
The Congress government has established a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the cases. However, the BJP and JD(S), both NDA partners, are insisting that the case be transferred to the CBI. They are also demanding action against those responsible for the widespread distribution of the explicit videos related to the case.