Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should apologise for "endorsing" Prajwal Revanna, the Janata Dal (Secular) leader facing heat in the alleged sex scandal case.
"Prajwal Revanna has raped 400 women and made videos. This is not a sex scandal but mass rape. And the Prime Minister, in front of the people of Karnataka, was supporting and seeking vote for this mass rapist. He is saying that if you vote for this mass rapist, it would help him," Rahul Gandhi said at a public rally in Karnataka's Shivamogga.
Prajwal, grandson of former Prime Minister and JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda, is facing allegations of sexually abusing women. The state government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the case.
Scores of explicit video clips allegedly involving the 33-year-old MP had started making the rounds in Hassan in recent days.
He was the NDA candidate in the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency where polling was held on April 26. JD(S) joined the NDA in September last year.
"The PM has insulted every woman of India. The PM, Home Minister Amit Shah and all the BJP leaders should apologise to every woman of the country,” Rahul Gandhi said, claiming that no leader in the world would have asked for votes for a "mass rapist".
"It is news worldwide that the PM solicited votes for a mass rapist. This is BJP’s ideology. They are ready to form alliances and do anything for power," the Congress leader said.
