MEA processing Karnataka’s request to cancel Prajwal’s diplomatic passport

Siddaramaiah’s letter, dated May 22, comes three weeks after the first on May 1, where he had sought the Central government’s help in securing Prajwal’s custody.

“It is disheartening that my previous letter raising similar concerns on the issue has not, to the best of my knowledge, been acted upon despite the gravity of the situation,” Siddaramaiah said in the letter, shared by the CMO Thursday.

Meanwhile, two days after JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy made a public appeal for the Hassan MP to return to India, former PM H D Deve Gowda and JD(S) national president Thursday warned his grandson Prajwal, asking him to return “from wherever he is and surrender before the police”.

“He should subject himself to the legal process. This is not an appeal that I am making, it is a warning that I am issuing. If he does not heed to this warning, he will have to face my anger and the anger of all his family members. The law will take care of the accusations against him, but not listening to the family will ensure his total isolation,” said Deve Gowda in his letter titled ‘My Warning to Prajwal Revanna’.

In his letter, Deve Gowda mentions that people had used “the harshest words” against him and his family members. “I do not wish to stop them… I will not try and argue with them that they should have waited until all the facts were found out,” he said.

“I also cannot convince people that I was unaware of Prajwal’s activities. I cannot convince them that I have no desire to shield him,” it stated.