A war of words broke out between Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and the former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday over the circulation of pen drives containing clips of alleged sexual assault on women by Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, with the former calling the latter as the “king of blackmail”.
The Deputy Chief Minister, who was termed as the “main conspirator” behind the release of the pen drives by Mr. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday, alleged that the JD(S) leader was threatening officers and politicians in the case. “He is the king of blackmail. He had said that his and [former Prime Minister] H.D. Deve Gowda’s family should not be dragged into the case and had denied any ties with [MLA] H.D. Revanna’s family. If he has point-to-point information, let him go before the court. We have time to discuss all these in the Assembly. I wish he and other [JD-S] party leaders meet the victims to console them,” he told reporters in Chikkamagaluru.
