Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah defends SIT in sexual assault probe against MP Prajwal Revanna | India News - Times of India

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NEW DELHI:

Karnataka chief minister

Siddaramaiah on Monday defended the Special Investigation Team's (

SIT

) probe into

sexual assault allegations

against

MP Prajwal Revanna

, rejecting claims of

government interference

. He accused BJP's

Devaraj Gowda

of making misleading accusations and urged

central government cooperation

to bring Revanna back to India.

Siddaramaiah in his tweet said, "The Special Investigation Team constituted to probe the allegations of sexual assault against MP Prajwal Revanna will conduct an independent and impartial investigation in which the state government will not interfere even a single inch."

"BJP leader Devaraj Gowda's allegation that it is a rubber stamp of the government is completely untrue. It is a ploy to avoid investigation with malicious intent to protect criminals. SIT is working in full transparency. The government is bound to prosecute the culprits, no matter how influential they are. It is with this objective in mind that SIT has been formed by including selected efficient officers," he added

Siddaramaiah said that BJP leaders should refrain from blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's and tarnishing his reputation for the sexual assault case involving MP Prajwal Revanna.

"There is no point in BJP leaders now shouting that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's name is being tarnished because of this case, this should have been thought of while forming an alliance with JD (S). The success of the SIT investigation is now entirely dependent on the cooperation of the Central Government. The central government should cooperate in bringing the accused Prajwal Revanna, who is said to be abroad, to India. BJP which still has a political alliance with JDS, needs to clarify its stand," Siddaramaiah said in his X post.