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A special court in Bengaluru rejected the anticipatory bail plea of suspended Janata Dal-Secular leader Prajwal Revanna, who is facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, in a rape case.

The special court for Elected Representative dismissed the bail application moved by his advocate Arun.

According to official sources who told PTI , Prajwal has booked a return flight ticket to Bengaluru from Munich on May 30, and is expected to land in the city in the small hours of May 31.

Prajwal, grandson of JD-S supremo HD Deve Gowda, is accused in an alleged rape and sexual harassment case involving a 47-year-old woman.

He reportedly left for Germany on April 27, a day after Hassan Lok Sabha segment went to polls, and is still at large.

On May 18, the Special Court for Elected Representatives had issued an arrest warrant against Prajwal Revanna, following an application moved by the SIT.

However, later the SIT arrested his father and JD-S MLA HD Revanna, who is allegedly involved in kidnapping the woman.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written a second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to take “prompt and necessary” actions to cancel the diplomatic passport of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing women.

He said that it is “disheartening” that his previous letter on the issue had not been acted-upon, despite the gravity of the situation.

The chief minister earlier on May 1 had written to Modi urging him to move the Ministries of External Affairs and Home Affairs to take swift action to cancel the diplomatic passport of Prajwal.

Earlier, The Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy during a press conference had appealed to his nephew and party leader Prajwal Revanna to come back to India and face the investigation. Prajwal Revanna is accused of sexual assault by at least three women, who lodged police complaints against him. He has not returned to India from Germany since the last week of April.

Kumaraswamy further stated that sex scandal has dented the image of the former prime Minister H D Deve Gowda.

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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has once again stepped up the attack on the JD(S) over HD Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna’s obscene videos .

In a letter Rahul wrote , “I request you to kindly extend all possible support to the victims. We have a collective duty to ensure that all parties responsible for these heinous crimes are brought to book.”

Meanwhile, Karnataka home minister Gangadharaiah Parameshwara said according to to PTI, that the state’s law enforcement authorities have served a second lookout notice against JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna and his father HD Revanna. The home minister said the notice was issued yesterday and the duo will have to reply to it by evening.

Under fire Janata Dal-Secular suspended its Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna from the party with immediate effect over an alleged sex scandal involving him.

As per PTI, The suspension came minutes after the party core committee that met in Hubballi recommended his suspension to its national president and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, who is also Revanna’s grandfather.

‘Videos of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna allegedly harassing women are widely in circulation on social media and media and this has caused huge 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 investigate this, it said, ‘In this backdrop, as per JD-S’ party constitution and rules regarding breach of discipline and punishment, Prajwal Revanna has been suspended with immediate effect.’

The suspension order, signed by party general secretary K R Shivakumar, was released to the media following approval from the JD-S national president.

BJP and the party spokespersons have come out blazing over Sandeshkhali  in West Bengal but the videos involving grandson of former PM HD Deve gowda of sexually abusing women has exposed their hypocrisy and their so called Nari shakti slogan.

Congress held protests in Karnataka demanding the immediate arrest of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing allegations of sexually abusing hundreds of women.

Congress workers — with women members joining in large numbers — took to the streets in Hubballi, Hassan and Bengaluru, among other places, seeking action against the 33-year-old grandson of Janaat Dal-Secular chief and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda.

The JD-S joined the NDA in September last year. Prajwal is the NDA candidate in Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, which went to the polls on April 26.

Left red- faced , Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal-Secular have distanced itself from sitting JD-S MP from Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, Prajwal Revanna amid the controversy over his alleged obscene videos.

Karnataka government has constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe an alleged sex scandal involving Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is the grandson of Janata Dal-Secular supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.

In a post in Hindi on X, Priyanka Gandhi said, “The leader with whom the PM gets photographed by placing his hand on his shoulder. The leader for whom the PM himself campaigned 10 days ago. Praised him on stage. Today, that leader of Karnataka is absconding from the country.”

“Just hearing about his heinous crimes committed is heart-wrenching. This ruined the lives of hundreds of women. Modi ji, will you still remain silent?” the Congress general secretary said.

TMC leader and Rajya Sabha MP , Sagarika Ghose tweeted