Bengaluru, Aug. 2 -- Expelled JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna broke down in court on Friday after a Special court in Bengaluru convicted him in a rape case filed by a 48-year-old former domestic worker. The court is set to pronounce the sentence on Saturday.

Revanna, the grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, was found guilty in one of the four rape cases registered against him.

Reacting to the verdict, Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge targeted the BJP-JD(S) alliance over their continued silence on the matter. Calling the crime "disgusting," Kharge said the BJP had failed to live up to its own "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" slogan and accused the party of shielding its allies. He said that the party needed leaders like himself and (deput...