Karnataka poll results: Prajwal Revanna set to retain Hassan seat despite sexual abuse charges?

CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Incumbent MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing allegations of sexually abusing several women and also recording them, is leading in Hassan Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka. The JD(S) leader was pitted against Congress leader Shreyas Patel in the constituency.

Prajwal Revanna was suspended by his party in the wake of the charges levelled against him.

Media reports suggest that despite the sexual abuse charges levelled against him, Prajwal Revanna is expected to win the seat, which is a Vokkaliga stronghold, with a huge majority. Prajwal Revanna’s grandfather former prime minister and JD(S) patriarch won the seat five times previously.

JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi (BJP) were ahead in the Mandya and Dharwad Lok Sabha segments, respectively.