Prominent filmmaker returns Padma Shri award protesting BJP's Citizenship Bill
New Delhi: Raising his voice against the BJP led Central government’s citizenship bill, prominent Manipuri filmmaker Aribam Syam Sharma on Sunday said that he would like to return his Padma-Shri award that he received in 2016.
Ever since the central government proposed the citizenship bill, protest have gripped the north-eastern region of the country. The bill which was proposed by the BJP government, will grant citizenship to the non-Muslims from neighboring Muslim majority countries i.e. Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The bill which has already been passed in the Lok Sabha, has been termed as an attempt of BJP to boost the Hindu vote bank and blatantly anti-Muslim by the political experts.
The bill will be tabled in the Rajya Sabha in the next session where unlike Lok Sabha, BJP doesn’t have majority. The bill is also expected to face resistance from the Congress party in the upper house.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
