Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention to cancel the diplomatic passport of Prajwal Revanna claiming the MP of Hassan has ‘fled the country sensing the impending nature of the police case and arrest’ following allegations of sexual exploitation of women. In a letter, Mr. Siddaramaiah has appealed for swift measures by the Union Government to ‘ensure the swift return of the absconding member of Parliament to face the full force of the law’.
This comes a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah responded to Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s attack on the Centre that while the Prime Minister knows of the movements of all opposition leaders, ‘a criminal was allowed to flee the country’. Mr. Shah slammed the Congress government in Karnataka for delay in action against Prajwal Revanna, arguing law and order is a State subject.
As Congress upped the ante against the BJP, arguing that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) gave Prajwal Revanna a ticket from Hassan despite knowing about the sexual abuse videos, the case turn into a hot political issue in the ongoing phase 3 of the Lok Sabha polls, in which 14 seats in Karnataka will go to polls on May 7.
