"Embarrassed": JDS Leader's Note On Deve Gowda's Nephew's Sex Scandal
NDTV
The JDS, which has allied with the BJP for the 2024 Lok Sha election, has refused to comment pending a complete inquiry.
Janata Dal (Secular) lawmaker Sharangouda Kandkur has demanded the suspension of party MP Prajwal Revanna amid a row over explicit videos - allegedly showing the Hassan MP sexually assaulting multiple women - that began circulating a day after voting in his constituency.
In a two-page letter made public Monday morning, Mr Kandkur told party patriarch and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda the JDS had been left "embarrassed by the circulating videos, and it damages the reputation of both you and your party."
Mr Revanna - who is Mr Deve Gowda's nephew - is not currently in India. He left for Germany Saturday morning, shortly after the videos emerged online. On Sunday he filed a police complaint claiming the clips - there are reportedly thousands - were doctored. The videos, he claimed, were being distributed to "tarnish his image and poison voters' minds".
