No Official Response from Centre Yet on Request to Cancel Prajwal's Passport: Karnataka Minister

Prajwal Revanna | Photo Credit: file photo

Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Sunday said the State had not received any official response from the Centre on its request seeking cancellation of the diplomatic passport of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing multiple allegations of sexual abuse and who fled the country on April 27.

Replying to a reporter’s question on External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s remark that the State government’s request to cancel the diplomatic passport of Mr. Prajwal Revanna was received on May 22, Dr. Parameshwara hit out at the Centre, asking what had happened to the letter of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 1. The Chief Minister wrote a second letter to Mr. Modi on May 22 appealing once again for cancellation of Mr. Prajwal Revanna’s passport, he pointed out.

Speaking to presspersons here, Dr. Parameshwara said: “as far as I know, we have not got any information so far from the Centre. I have seen that the External Affairs Minister has told the media that they are taking action and in a couple of days they will cancel diplomatic passport, but we have not got any written communication”. The government has set up the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the charges against Mr. Prajwal Revanna.