Prajwal Revanna, grandson of Janatadal (secular), founder HD Deve Gowda, the person on the coronary heart of the latest political scandal in Karnataka politics, was convicted in a Bengaluru court docket on Friday of a former home employee raping a farmer owned by a farmer.
Prajwal is accused of 4 rape circumstances that emerged after a number of movies of alleged sexual assaults that emerged within the public area previous to the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
Prajwal’s conviction got here on the finish of the trial, which started on Might 2nd, from the file of the rape survivor’s assertion. The charging sheet for the incident was filed in December 2024 by the Karnataka Police Particular Investigation Workforce (SIT) and the costs had been framed on April 3, 2025.
Former Lok Sabha MP of JD(S) Bastion Hassan, Prajwal’s beliefs may put BJP ally JD(S) within the nook because the 2024 Lok Sabha ballot.
Prajwal isn’t identified to care about his phrases, or his occasion jd(s). Rise up and candidity may very well be a revocation of a politician, however Prajwal picked up sufficient tips in commerce. Amongst them, he was mentioned to have had pointers from his mom, Bhavani Revanna. He comes from the politicians of Krishnarajanagar and, in all accounts, is the principle driving pressure behind this aspect of the Devegoda household.
Prajwal, son of HD Levanna, the eldest son of engineering alumni Deb Gouda, studied Mtech in Australia. Nonetheless, simply earlier than the 2014 Lok Sabha election, he went residence and plunged straight into politics. On the time, solely 24 years previous, he was quickly distinguished on the a part of Dev Gouda within the previous Mysul area.
The household tree competitor department led by HD Revanna’s youthful brother and former business HD Kumaraswamy didn’t miss the indicators. After which a rival was born.
In truth, prior to the dangerous allegations towards Prajwar left Kumaraswamy distanced them from them, he mentioned that his father, Deb Gouda, and he “had at all times revered ladies.”
In Might 2024, the JD(S) led by Kumaraswamy introduced the suspension of Prajwal till the SIT arrange by the state legislative authorities submitted a report.
Bhavani himself was captivated with tickets at one level and tried to seat Krishnarajanagar since 2013. Nonetheless, it was mentioned that Deve Gowda and Kumaraswamy blocked it.
Nonetheless, denial of tickets to Prajwar within the 2018 parliamentary elections has taken the household’s battle to a different degree. Prajwar on the time promised to adjust to the occasion’s selections, however later mentioned, “The occasion is selling a suitcase (or cash) tradition.”
Then got here 2019. After Nikhil Kumaraswamy bought tickets for Lok Saba from Mandya, the household’s pocket autonomous district, Dev Gouda was put below stress to take care of Prajwar as nicely.
Lastly, torn between requests by his son’s household, Deve Gowda gave up his personal base in Hassan for Prajwal.
Whereas saying Prajwar as a candidate for Hassan, shed tears like his grandson, Dev Gouda made an emotional declaration that Hassan would elect the youth. “And if Deve Gowda says that, greater than half of Hassan’s voters are compliant,” says the JD(S) employee.
And so they handed over 53% of the vote to debut Prajwal in elections the place JD(S) and Congress had been allies, surpassing Deve Gowda’s vote in 2014.
In the meantime, the veteran chief and former prime minister himself misplaced to BJP’s GS Basavaraj from the seat of Tumakuru Lok Sabha, and Nikhil was defeated at Mandia.
Within the battle for hegemony between Revanna and Kumaraswamy’s aspect, it was stabbed and defeated.
In his solely terminology as an MP, Prajwal had no main impression on the house and remained inaccessible to the individuals of the constituency.
Final yr, even earlier than the announcement of the BJP and JD(S) Alliance, Deve Gowda had declared Prajwal as a candidate for Hassan. Neither BJP nor Kumaraswamy had been too blissful. On the time, the state BJP president of Vijayendra mentioned, “It is unfair to say that the BJP Excessive Command is conscious of that. If we knew, the place is the query of him (Prajwal) forgiveing him (from Alliance’s co-candidate as a co-candidate from Hassan).
