Shivamogga: BJP must apologise to the people of the country, for seeking votes for a mass rapist like Prajwal Revanna, said Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday. Prajwal Revanna is the grandson of former PM HD Deve Gowda and the JD (S) Chief.

Rahul Gandhi in his address at a public rally at Shivamogga in Karnataka said that it is not that the BJP didn’t know about Prajwal Revanna abusing hundreds of women when it was seeking votes for him. The BJP can do anything to remain in power, even if it means defending and seeking votes for a mass rapist like Prajwal Revanna.

JD-S suspended Prajwal Revanna, the sitting party MP and Lok Sabha candidate from Hassan on Tuesday, after the Congress Government in Karnataka formed a SIT to probe allegations of sexual abuse against him.

Rahul also alleged that it was the Central government which let Prajwal Revanna fly to Germany. The Central Government has all the agencies at its disposal. Had they wanted, the Centre could have prevented Prajwal Revanna from flying out of the country, he said.

He questioned on the BJP’s guarantees, he alleged that the only guarantee of the BJP at the Centre is to protect the corrupt and a mass rapist.

Rahul highlighted the Congress guarantees in his speech that one woman in every poor family will receive Rs 1 lakh every year. For the youth, there will be a guaranteed first job pehli naukri pakki immediately after they complete their graduation or diploma. They will also get Rs 1 lakh for one year. Farmers’ debt would be waived, along with guaranteed MSP for their crops. The minimum daily wage will be enhanced to Rs 400 per day.