Guwahati (Assam): Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Tuesday condemned the alleged sexual abuse of women involving Lok Sabha MP Prajwal Revanna, asserting that the saffron party will not tolerate any insult to women. He asked why the Congress government in Karnataka failed to take action against Prajwal Revanna in the sexual abuse case.
Amit Shah's assertion came amidst the rising criticism of NDA by INDIA bloc leaders even as RJD leader Akhilesh Yadav accused the ruling BJP at the Centre for 'protecting rapists'. The accused 33-year-old Revanna is the BJP-JD(S) alliance candidate for Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, which went to polls on April 26. Earlier in the day, the JD(S) suspended Revanna from the party with immediate effect.
The issue regarding Revanna that has been reported in the media is very hurtful and cannot be tolerated in any way, Shah said at a press conference in Guwahati.
The BJP's stand is very clear; we will not tolerate any insult to 'matri aur nari shakti' (women empowerment), he asserted. Some explicit video clips allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, were circulated in Hassan over the last few days. Shah said Congress has been alleging that an NDA partner's candidate is involved in the incident, but I just want to ask a small question - whose government is there in that state (Karnataka)?
Shah added, "The Congress is in power in Karnataka, and this matter must have come to their attention. Why has it not taken any action on it so far? We cannot take any action as law and order is a state issue,".