Prajwal Revanna | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | H. D. Deve Gowda |
Constituency | Hassan |
Personal details | |
Born | Hassan,Karnataka,India | 5 August 1990
Political party | Janata Dal (Secular) |
Parent(s) | H. D. Revanna Bhavani Revanna |
Relatives | H. D. Deve Gowda (grandfather) H. D. Kumaraswamy (uncle) Anitha Kumaraswamy (aunt) Nikhil Kumar (cousin) |
Residence(s) | Hassan,Karnataka [1] |
Alma mater | Bangalore Institute of Technology [1] |
Profession | Politician |
Prajwal Revanna (born 5 August 1990) is an Indian politician,the member of the 17th Lok Sabha from Hassan Constituency and is standing for re-election. [2] [3] He is the third youngest member of parliament in India. [4]
Prajwal has been accused of raping numerous women,and videos of such acts have circulated,claimed to have been recorded by Prajwal himself;Prajwal asserts they are faked. [3] [5]
Prajwal is the son of H. D. Revanna,legislator and former Minister for Public Works Department of Karnataka. He is a grandson of former Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda and nephew of former Chief Minister of Karnataka,H. D. Kumaraswamy.
Prajwal graduated in mechanical engineering from Bangalore Institute of Technology in 2014. [6] He joined a master's degree programme in Australia but discontinued it to join politics.
In 2019,he was appointed as the state general secretary of the Janata Dal (Secular) party (JD(S)). [7] He worked for more than 8 years in JD(S) party.[ citation needed ]
In 2014,Prajwal joined the campaign of H. D. Deve Gowda from Hassan in the 2014 Indian general election. [8] In 2015,he was among the 10 young aspiring politicians in India to be chosen by Commonwealth Parliamentary Association,UK,to be exposed to the British way of governance. Although a JD(S) member,his entry into politics was delayed after the party denied him a ticket in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. [8] Nevertheless,he was involved in the politics of Hassan.
In 2019,Deve Gowda allowed Prajwal to contest from Hassan for the Lok Sabha,himself moving to Tumkur. [9] Prajwal won from Hassan,and became the only winner from his party's six candidates that contested the elections. [10] Within 12 hours of the win,saddened by his grandfather's defeat from Tumkur,Prajwal announced his resignation and offered the seat to Gowda, [11] who asked him to reconsider the decision. [12] In September 2019,the Karnataka High Court issued a summons to him over an incomplete election affidavit. Petitioners of the summons accused Prajwal of filing a false and incomplete affidavit with his nomination papers during the 2019 elections. [13] In January 2020,Justice John Michael D'Cunha dismissed the first petition on grounds that the petitioner had not complied with the statutory procedure under Section 81(3) of the Representation of the People Act,1951,and the second on technical grounds. [14]
Prajwal again contested from the Hassan constituency in the 2024 general election for the Lok Sabha. [15] On the day of voting,his polling agent filed a complaint with the police alleging that some falsified photos and videos of Prajwal were being widely circulated in Hassan district and claimed that "the accused are going door to door and showing these obscene photos and videos,provoking people not to vote for Prajwal" [16]
As media attention grew towards the alleged sexual abuse,on 27 April,the Government of Karnataka established a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the allegations. The Karnataka State Commission for Women stated that it had also recorded cases of women being forced and filmed without consent. [17] It was reported that thousands of pen drives containing these videos,reportedly made by Prajwal himself,were circulated,some being thrown in public places such as parks,bus stops and a stadium in Hassan. [3] [18] [19]
The following day,it was reported that Prajwal had fled the country for Germany using his diplomatic passport which does not require a visa. His family and party members said that his trip was pre-planned. However,he did not obtain the clearance required for use of a diplomatic passport from the Ministry of External Affairs before traveling to Germany. [20] [21] On 30 April,Prajwal was suspended by the party,which stated that the suspension would stay till the SIT probe initiated against him was completed. [3] [21]
As Prajwal continued to evade authorities,the SIT sought help from the Interpol to locate him,and a blue corner notice was issued on 5 May. [22] [23]
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