Prajwal Revanna scandal: Not just Lok Sabha elections, the impact could go beyond

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Karnataka government on Thursday issued a lookout notice for the suspended JD(S) leader. Prajwal’s counsel has requested seven days’ time for the MP to appear before SIT since he is out of Bengaluru.

While the Congress has mounted a big attack on the BJP which is in poll alliance with the JD(S), Amit Shah, the Union home minister, countered the allegations, stressing the BJP's position against crimes committed against women. Shah questioned the Congress-led government's failure to take action in Karnataka before the allegations came to light.

The Revanna effect on Lok Sabha polls
Elections in the South Karnataka which is dominated by the Vokkaliga community the Gowda family belongs to are already over in the previous phase. Now constituencies in the Central and North Karnataka will go to polls on May 7. The BJP has accused the Congress govenrment of holding back on the Revanna scandal till polls on the Vokkaliga-dominated seats were over, fearing the community's anger against the Congress govenrment and its impact on the polls.

The fact remains that the Revanna scandal is likely to hit the BJP's election prospects. Karnataka plays a key role in the BJP's strategy to cross the 50-seat mark in South India. It is the only state in South India where the BJP has gained dominance. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won 25 seats out of the total 28, with a vote share of 51.38%. The BJP aims to make a clean sweep in Karnataka this time but the Revanna scandal can derail its ambitions.

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