Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought his apology for endorsing Prajwal Revanna as the NDA's candidate in the Lok Sabha polls. "The biggest issue here is the Revanna case, the person who has mass raped 400 women and he was endorsed by PM Modi. First, Prime Minister Modi should answer and apologize to the women," Rahul Gandhi said.
Alleging that it was not a sex scandal but mass rape, Rahul Gandhi said, "Every BJP leader was aware Prajwal Revanna is a mass rapist, yet they supported him, formed alliance with JD(S)."
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The 33-year-old Prajwal Revanna is the incumbent MP and the joint NDA candidate for the Hasan Lok Sabha constituency.
Earlier, the JD(S) took action to suspend Prajwal following accusations of sexual abuse. The Karnataka government also initiated an investigation through a Special Investigation Team to delve into the purported sex scandal. Additionally, reports suggest that Prajwal traveled to Germany after the initial phase of the Lok Sabha Elections on April 26.
Later, addressing a public meeting in Shivamogga, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, "Whenever we are talking about 'Mahalakshmi', India's PM is getting irritated as their billionaire friends are not going to get this money. Our government is going to accord the right of apprenticeship to the youths...They gave you unemployment, whereas we are going to provide apprenticeship right, Rs 1 lakh in your bank account...and the world's best training..."