Prajwal Revanna travelled abroad on diplomatic passport, no political clearance was sought: MEA
02-May-2024 08:04 PM 5335
New Delhi, May 2 (Reporter) Amid allegations of a sex scandal involving Janata Dal (S) MP Prajwal Revanna, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday that the now-suspended MP had travelled on a diplomatic passport to Germany and that no political clearance had been sought from or been issued by the ministry for his travel. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, answering questions on the issue at his weekly media briefing, said: “No political clearance was either sought from or issued by the MEA in respect of the said MP to Germany. “Obviously no visa note was issued either. No visa note is required for diplomatic passport holders to travel to Germany. “The MEA has also not issued any visa note for any other country for the said MP,” he said, and added, “Yes, he travelled on a diplomatic passport.” Asked if the MEA may consider revocation of his passport in view of the allegations against him, the spokesperson said that for this directions are needed from a court, “and as of now we have not received such directions from any court in this regard.” Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and nephew of former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, is caught in a huge controversy following allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by a woman who formerly worked as a cook in their house. Both Prajwal and his father H D Revanna, a former Karnataka minister, have been booked by police on charges of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation based on the woman’s complaint. The woman, who worked as a cook at the Revanna household, has accused Prajwal and his father of sexually harassing her. She also accused Prajwal of harassing her daughter over video calls. Meanwhile, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said that a lookout notice has been issued against Prajwal Revanna after he failed to appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed to investigate an obscene videos case against him. On Tuesday, the SIT summoned Prajwal and his father to appear before them for questioning. Prajwal is seeking re-election from Hassan constituency...////...
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