Bengaluru: Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) supremo HD Deve Gowda issued a warning on Thursday to his grandson, Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who has been accused of multiple sexual abuse allegations, to “return immediately from wherever he is” and face the legal process.
In an official statement posted on social media platform X, the former prime minister wrote, “I have issued a warning to @iPrajwalRevanna to return immediately from wherever he is and subject himself to the legal process. He should not test my patience any further.”
In a two-page open letter titled “My Warning To Prajwal Revanna,” the JD(S) supremo wrote, “People have used the harshest words against me and my family in the last few weeks. I am aware of it. I do not wish to stop them. I do not wish to criticise them. I will not try and argue with them that they should have waited until all the facts were found out.”
The 91-year-old veteran leader further stated that he cannot persuade people that he was unaware of his grandson Prajwal’s “activities.”
“I cannot convince them that I have no desire to shield him. I cannot convince them that I am not aware of his movements and that I was not aware of his foreign trip. I believe in answering my conscience. I believe in God, and I know the almighty knows the truth,” he added.
He sternly warned his grandson Prajwal, who is allegedly out of the country, that if he does not comply with this warning, he will have to “face my anger and the wrath of the entire family.”
“The law will take care of the accusations against him, but not listening to the family will ensure his total isolation. If he has any respect left for me, he has to return immediately,” Gowda stated.
