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JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna and his father HD Revanna have been booked in a sexual harassment and stalking case. The case came to light after several video clips, allegedly involving Prajwal sexually abusing hundreds of women, were circulated on social media. Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy has alleged that some Congress leaders were behind the circulation of the videos to malign his family’s image ahead of the April 26 Lok Sabha polls.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy has distanced himself from the ongoing ‘sex video’ case involving his nephew Prajwal Revanna, stating that he has nothing to do with it. Kumaraswamy made this remark while addressing a press conference on Monday.

Polling has been completed in 14 states and union territories in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections, with voters in 46 Naxal-affected villages in Chhattisgarh casting their ballots for the first time in a Lok Sabha election. Among the notable candidates whose fate was sealed in the second phase include Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, and former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy. Polling has now been completed in 189 of the total 543 Lok Sabha seats.

On the last day of public campaigning in Mandya, incumbent MP Sumalatha Ambareesh, who recently joined BJP, was absent from HD Kumaraswamy’s campaign trail, despite previous commitments. Actor Darshan, who supported Sumalatha’s independent candidacy in 2019, has now endorsed Star Chandru, the Congress candidate in Mandya. Kumaraswamy dismissed Sumalatha’s absence and criticized Congress for mocking his emotional display, while JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda downplayed her non-cooperation. However, district in-charge minister N Cheluvarayaswamy questioned Kumaraswamy’s contributions to Mandya, citing the unresolved Cauvery crisis as an example.