In a startling revelation, the arrested Karnataka BJP leader and Advocate G Devaraje Gowda alleged that Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar offered him Rs. 100 crore to malign Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He added that Shivakumar had also sent him Rs 5 crores in advance and deputed former MLC M A Gopalaswamy to negotiate with him.
Notably, he made these remarks while speaking with reporters from the Police vehicle when he was being sent to judicial custody on Friday. He asserted that he was framed for not soiling PM Modi and Former CM Kumarswamy’s name.
Gowda further stated, “When I refused to be a part of their plans, they first fixed me in an atrocity case, but couldn’t find any evidence. Later, they fixed me in a sexual harassment case. When this ploy also failed, they lodged a rape case against me. I was interrogated for four days, but they couldn’t get anything.”
Devaraje Gowda also claimed that the team of four ministers, including N Cheluvarayaswamy, Krishna Byre Gowda, and Priyank Kharge, was formed to handle the developments relating to the sex video scandal.
“I was told to make a statement that it was HD Kumaraswamy who circulated the pen drives containing sex videos (involving Kumaraswamy’s nephew Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of ex-PM HD Deve Gowda). But it was DK Shivakumar who obtained the pen drive from Karthik Gowda, who worked as a driver for Prajwal Revanna, and planned the entire episode,” he added.
Moreover, he claimed to have the audio recordings of Shivakumar’s conversation. “I have the audio recordings of Shivakumar’s conversations. I will release them and the Congress government will collapse once I am out of prison,” he said.