Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar urged the JD(S) and BJP leaders to visit the victims in the alleged obscene video case "if they have any respect for women."
Kumaraswamy said that DK Shivakumar and his brother DK Suresh were behind the release of Prajwal Revanna's pen drive. Kumaraswamy accused Shivakumar of hatching the conspiracy of circulating the videos in public and then setting up the SIT to probe into the matter.
Speaking to reporters at his Sadashivanagar residence, he said, "Kumaraswamy and some BJP leaders had information about Prajwal Revanna's pen drive before anyone else. They are trying to blame it on DK Shivakumar to save themselves."
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah alleged that JD(S) supremo Deve Gowda "sent" his grandson and Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna abroad amid the ongoing obscene video case controversy.
Reacting to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's stand on the alleged "obscene videos" case linked to JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said that Amit Shah should clear their stand on whether they want to be aligned with such (JD(S) people or not.
The BJP on Sunday distanced itself from sitting Janata Dal (Secular) MP from Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, Prajwal Revanna, amid the controversy around his purported sleaze tapes.
Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao asserted confidence that the results of the Lok Sabha elections will be in the Congress party's favour as the voting concluded for 14 out of 28 seats in the state on Friday.
Earlier today, BJP candidate from Bengaluru South constituency, Tejasvi Surya, cast his vote in Bengaluru on Friday and stated that the Congress party may not win more than 30 seats in the Lok Sabha polls.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar dismissed Sam Pitroda's statement on inheritance tax and said Congress will not levy any inheritance tax.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said on Tuesday that the Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) will not win any seats in Karnataka in the 2024 general elections, hitting out at JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda for his claims that the Congress had humiliated him in the past.
Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Bengaluru, Congress leaders, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and Congress leader Randeep Surjewala on Tuesday staged a protest over drought relief to be provided by the central government at Vidha