GP by-poll: Irvathur goes to Cong, Amtadi to BJP
Bantwal, June 17: Both Congress and BJP-backed candidates have won one gram panchayat seat each in a by-election held two gram panchayat seats in the taluk.
The election was held for one seat each in Irvattur and Amtadi gram panchayats on Thursday and counting of votes was held today.
Congress-backed candidate Sudhindra Shetty won the Irvathur seat and BJP-backed candidate Surendra Poojary won the Amtadi seat. The counting of votes of both the seats was held at the Mini Vidhana Soudha on BC Road under the guidance of tahsildar Y Ravi and election staff.
Amtadi seat was vacant due to the death of its member Chandravati B Bhandari and election was held at SVS Temple school at Bantwal. Chandravati was backed by CPI, but committed suicide a few days ago. Two candidates contested in the seat. Surendra Poojary won the seats with 332 votes, while his opponent Babu Bhandari, husband of Chandravati, backed by CPI got 315 votes.
In Irvattur gram panchayat, the election was held for Mudupadukodi-1 seat. Congress-backed candidate Sudheendra Shetty got 391 votes against his opponent BJP backed candidate Janardhan Shetty who got 302 seats. As the previous gram panchayat member Sundar Shetty was absent from the gram panchayat meetings continuously, he was disqualified.
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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).
