Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar appealed to Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday to visit Hassan district and meet the victims of the alleged obscene video case amid the latter's ongoing electioneering in the state.
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."
Amid the row over Prajwal Revanna 'obscene video' case, Union Home Minister Amit Shah strongly asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party never support atrocities against 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.
The official X account of Jharkhand Congress was withheld on Wednesday after a 'deepfake morphed video' of Union Home Minister Amit Shah was posted on the social media handle.
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."
In a scathing attack on Congress, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said its government in Karnataka knew about the obscene video allegations against suspended JD-S leader Prajwal Revanna for months but allowed him to flee as it wanted the voting for Lok Sabha polls in Vokkaliga-
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday wrote Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to take action to cancel the Diplomatic Passport of Prajwal Revanna, Janata Dal (Secular) MP, who is said to have flown to Europe after being accused of sexually exploiting several women.
In a post on X, Revanna said, "As I am not in Bangalore to attend the inquiry, I have communicated to CID, Bangalore, through my advocate. The truth will prevail soon."
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the official handle of MI posted a video of Bumrah giving out his prestigious Purple Cap, an honour given to the leading wicket-taker in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to a young fan. If that was not enough, Bumrah also gave him his autograph.