‘Unfair to say BJP high command was aware of Prajwal Revanna case… Or why would we let him contest?’: Karnataka BJP chief
With 14 of Karnataka’s 28 Lok Sabha constituencies having gone to polls on April 26, state BJP president B Y Vijayendra, 48, claims that the party is heading for a victory and that there would be “turmoil” in the ruling Congress in the state following the elections. In an interview with The India Express in the midst of his campaign, Vijayendra — state BJP stalwart B S Yediyurappa’s younger son and first-time MLA from Shikaripura – speaks on various issues including the alleged sex abuse case involving JD(S) MP and ex-Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna as well as the BJP-JD(S) alliance. Excerpts: