Banaskantha constituency, where Priyanka made the remarks, is where Congress candidate Geniben Thakor is seen as giving a stiff fight to the BJP candidate Rekha Choudhary.
Former chief ministers Basavaraj Bommai and Jagadish Shettar, along with Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, will face off against three young Congress rivals in North Karnataka.
The son of the 'abducted' woman alleges she was both sexually abused and abducted and that he had discovered a video implicating the JD(S) MLA's son, Prajwal Revanna, in the assault.
