Nirmala Sitharaman accuses Congress of politicising Prajwal Revanna case amid LS polls

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 4 : Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday accused the Congress Party of politicising the alleged obscene video case of the sitting MP and candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, Prajwal Revanna.
While replying to a question about whether the row over Prajwal Revanna would affect the BJP in Karnataka during the Lok Sabha election and the ticket given to Brij Bhushan Saran's son in UP, despite Brij Bushan facing an inquiry over allegations of sexual harassment by women wrestlers, Sitharam said that the BJP strongly stands against dynastic politics.

"The Home Minister (Amit Shah) made it very clear that we will not tolerate the matters that go against women and on that we stand united. Though the alliance partner has this issue, we have made it clear that it is not acceptable and let there be an investigation," she added.

The Finance Minister further alleged that the case regarding the Revanna is with the state government, that is governed by Congress, which did not act on the case for an entire year.
"It is being claimed that the Congress party have been sitting on the pen drive over the years, but now the BJP is made to answer because the party (JDS) is in alliance with the us," she said.
"The state ministers knew what was there in the pen drive. They did not think the safety and security of women were a priority. They thought that the Vokkaligas vote might go from their hands and decided to remain silent till the time the first phase of Lok Sabha gets over. Now they are making it a big issue and pushing it, which is typical of Congress and shows their hypocrisy," Sitharaman accused.
She also said that the Karnataka government, by targeting the BJP, is now writing to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the case, asking to issue look out notices against Revanna and bringing him back.
"The Home Minister of India clearly told the Karnataka government to take all the action they want. It shows the total political hypocrisy of Congress," she said.
Speaking about Brij Bhushan Saran's son- Karan Singh getting ticket from BJP from Kaiserganj, the Finance Minister said that the allegations have not been proved against Brij Bhushan.
"Nothing is proven against Brij Bhushan. Nothing has been proven about it. Even if he is convicted, I would say that you want to pass the blame on to the son. Convicted people's children have been entertained by so many parties," she said.