A complaint was lodged against him alleging that he had raped a 19-year-old girl, belonging to Scheduled Caste, on October 1, 2015, after promising to marry her.
Karnataka HC rejected Prajwal Revanna's application seeking a stay on the earlier order declaring his election in the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Hassan constituency null and void.
The bandh call given by the Federation of Private Transporters in Karnataka on Monday against the free travel scheme for women has evoked a good response across the state
The BJP had swept the 2019 LS polls in Karnataka by winning 25 seats, while an independent (Sumalatha Ambareesh from Mandya) backed by it won in one seat. The Congress and JD(S) won one seat each.