Not just Prajwal Revanna, a look at 5 big recent ‘sex scandals’ involving Karnataka politicians

Prajwal Revanna sex abuse case: The Karnataka Police on May 2 filed a rape case against JD(S) Member of Parliament (MP) Prajwal Revanna, who is facing a probe in connection with a sexual abuse case.

, the grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, has been named as the sole accused in the FIR. This is the second case filed against the Hassan MP after he fled the country on April 27. Several explicit allegedly involving him started making the rounds recently, stirring a controversy.

Revanna is not the only politician from Karnataka to be involved in an alleged sex scandal. The state has a history of politicians featuring in scandals in the past with many of them eventually cleared of charges. Here is a list of 5 such instances since 2007:

(BJP) leader Ramesh Jarkiholi resigned as Karnataka water resources minister in Chief Minister ’s government over allegations of sexual harassment against him in March 2021. A social activist had lodged a complaint, alleging exploitation over the promise of a job at Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL). Jarkiholi, a Congress defector in the BJP, had played a pivotal role in toppling the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in 2019.

A political row erupted in Karnataka in July 2019 when a ‘sex video’ purportedly featured then-BJP MLA . The video had Limbavali in a compromising position with another man. Limbavali had denied the allegation questioning the authenticity of the video clip. Many months later, the Forensic Sciences Laboratory confirmed the tape as fake.

HY Meti resigned as excise minister in Chief Minister over an allegation of being involved in a sex scandal. The alleged scandal came to the fore after an RTI activist, Rajashekar Mulali, alleged that