Continuing his effort to deflect blame in the Prajwal Revanna “sex scandal” episode, which has embarrassed the Janata Dal (Secular) and its alliance partner the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused the Congress government in Karnataka of “allowing him to flee the country”. Going a step further, he accused both Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar of “not taking any action before completion of the polling in the Vokkaliga belt of the State”.
This comes on a day when Mr. Siddaramaiah wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention to “ensure the swift return of the absconding Member of Parliament to face the full force of the law”. The accused MP is believed to be in Germany and in a social media post stated that he had sought seven days to return and face the probe in the case.
Addressing an election rally at Nehru Stadium in Hubballi, Mr. Shah clarified that although Mr. Prajwal Revanna was an ally, “the party would not stand with him” and they would “ensure that most severe punishment was given to him”.
