Maddur, March 3 -- Congress MLA from Karnataka's Maddur, KM Uday, has held Union Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy responsible for the life imprisonment sentence awarded to expelled party leader and former MP Prajwal Revanna.

Prajwal Revanna, son of JD(S) MLA H D Revanna, was jailed in connection with rape charges. Uday alleged that the case stemmed from internal family rivalry and political conspiracy within the JD(S). Claiming a political vendetta, Uday said the former MP was targeted after Kumaraswamy's son, Nikhil Kumaraswamy, lost the elections.

"Will Kumaraswamy, who cannot tolerate his own brother's son, tolerate leaders like us? It is only his family that should grow -- no one else. When his son lost the elections and the...