Prajwal Revanna ‘sex video’ case: 7 times prominent politicians were booked for 'crimes against women' in India

The woman, 47, has besides named Holenarasipur MLA HD Revanna, Prajwal's father, arsenic an accused. The lawsuit has been registered astatine Holenarasipur constabulary presumption successful Karnataka's Hassan district.

Revanna, the grandson of erstwhile Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, and whose father, HD Revanna, is simply a erstwhile minister, is seeking different word successful the Lok Sabha from Hassan seat. The constituency went to polling successful the 2nd signifier of Lok Sabha elections connected April 26. JD (S) is an state of the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) successful Karnataka. 

Revanna filed a ailment connected April 28, claiming the viral videos are “morphed" and are being circulated to “tarnish his representation and poison the minds of voters"

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This is not the archetypal clip that a person successful India has been accused of crimes against women. India has a past of influential politicians being accused of intersexual crimes. 

134 lawmakers booked for intersexual crimes

As galore arsenic 134 sitting members of parliament (MP) and members of legislative assemblies (MLA) person cases related to crimes against women, which includes 21 MPs and 113 MLAs, according to a August 2023 study by predetermination watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The ADR analysed 762 sitting MPs and 4,001 sitting MLAs.  

Among parties, BJP had 44 lawmakers (MPs and MLAs) against whom cases of “crimes against women" person been registered. This included seven BJP MPs. The Congress had 25 followed by AAP with 13 sitting MPs oregon MLAs who person declared cases related to crimes against women.

Here are immoderate salient politicians who person been accused of intersexual crimes successful the past, earlier Prajwal Revanna.

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh – January 2023 

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the sitting Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament from Kaiserganj successful UP, is facing accusations of intersexual harassment. Six apical women wrestlers testified against him successful an FIR. The allegations pertain to Brij Bhushan’s word arsenic President of Wrestling Federation of India. 

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Last week, a Delhi Court dismissed Singh’s exertion seeking further probe successful the intersexual harassment case. The tribunal is scheduled to denote its determination connected the framing of the charges against the BJP MP successful the lawsuit connected May 7.

Karan Morwal- September 2022

In 2022, Karan Morwal, the lad of erstwhile Badnagar Congress MLA Murli Morwal, was expelled by the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) for six years owed to rape charges filed against him. Karan was arrested successful October 2021 aft a pistillate lodged a rape ailment against him astatine the women's constabulary presumption successful Indore. On March 6,2024, Karan posted pictures of himself with Digvijay Singh and different Congress leaders.

Kuldeep Singh Sengar – June 2017  

Former BJP MLA from Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, Kuldeep Singh Sengar, has been convicted of rape, murder, effort to murder, transgression conspiracy and transgression intimidation. The lawsuit dates backmost to June 4, 2017, erstwhile the woman, past 17, was allegedly raped by Sengar. In August 2019, helium was expelled from the BJP. On April 3, 2018, the victim’s begetter was allegedly framed successful an amerciable arms lawsuit and subsequently arrested. On April 9, 2018, helium died successful judicial custody.

Gayatri Prasad Prajapati - 2017

Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, who served arsenic the mining curate during the Samajwadi Party authorities successful Uttar Pradesh, was accused successful 2017 of gang-raping a pistillate implicit a play of 3 years. In 2021, Prajapati was sentenced to 5 years successful jailhouse by the Allahabad High Court. Currently, Prajapati remains successful jail.

MJ Akbar: October 2018

Former Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar resigned from his station connected October 17, 2018, amid a increasing fig of intersexual allegations made against him during the #MeToo movement. Akbar, a erstwhile journalist, had joined the BJP successful March 2014. Prior to that, helium served arsenic a Congress MP from Kishanganj successful Bihar betwixt 1989 and 1991.

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Akbar was archetypal accused by writer Priya Ramani, who had written astir him successful an nonfiction she authored for Vogue a twelvemonth prior, without mentioning his name, successful October 2018.

Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi- November 2010

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi was charged with raping a miss successful his location successful Banda territory successful December 2010. Dwivedi served arsenic a BSP MLA from Naraini successful Banda, UP from 2007-12.

The Uttar Pradesh government, led by Chief Minister Mayawati, ordered the registration of an FIR against Dwivedi, who was subsequently sentenced to jailhouse successful 2011. Dwivedi was lodged successful Banda territory jailhouse but was aboriginal granted bail successful 2015.

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Published: 29 Apr 2024, 12:44 PM IST