Yogi attends workshop, to know why BJP lost, by-elections
Ghaziabad, June 18: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attended a workshop here on Monday to analyze the reasons for the BJP's defeat in the Lok Sabha by-elections in Kairana, Phulpur and Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.
The Chief Minister reached the venue at the Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (RKGIT) at 11.30 a.m. and left at 2 p.m.
On his way out, Adityanath told the media that law and order had improved in Uttar Pradesh and that the Bharatiya Janata Party, despite the recent reverses, had increased its vote percentage.
The BJP had now decided to garner 50 percent of all votes polled.
The workshop was attended by BJP leaders from western Uttar Pradesh including union Ministers Mahesh Sharma and Gen. V.K. Singh and Noida MLA Pankaj Singh.
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RCB beat MI by 18 runs after batters fire
Mumbai (PTI): Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli blasted half-centuries as the defending champions beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in an Indian Premier League match here on Sunday.
Salt (78 off 36 balls) and Kohli (50 off 38 balls) stitched together a 120-run stand for the opening wicket before Patidar scored a rapid 53 off just 20 balls as RCB posted 240 for 4.
In response, Mumbai Indians were restricted to 222 for 5, with RCB spinner Suyash Sharma (2/47) putting the skids on the home side with a double strike in the eighth over, from which they could not recover.
Sherfane Rutherford top-scored for MI with an unbeaten 71 off 31 balls.
While opener Rohit Sharma appeared to be struggling with a hamstring issue and had to retire hurt on 19, his partner Ryan Rickelton made 37, while Suryakumar Yadav (33) and Hardik Pandya (40) were the other contributors for MI.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 240 for 4 in 20 overs (Phil Salt 78, Virat Kohli 50, Rajat Patidar 53, Tim David 35 not out).
Mumbai Indians: 222 for 5 in 20 overs (Sherfane Rutherford 71 not out, Ryan Rickelton 37, Hardik Pandya 40; Suyash Sharma 2/47).
