Mangaluru: AICC President Rahul Gandhi to visit Bantwal on April 27 for the election campaign, said B Ramanath Rai, Congress candidate from Bantwal constituency.

Informing this to media persons at Congress district office, Rai said that Rahul will arrive at Bantwal in the morning on April 27 and will address a public meeting at Jodumarga Park near BC Road.

“There is not dissent in Dakshina Kannada District Congress regarding ticket distribution. In all the eight Assembly constituencies of the district, party’s victory is sure. District Congress is all set to face the elections,” Rai asserted.

“But discontent is brewing in BJP. The party (BJP) is a divided house. While the Bengaluru BJP has eight doors, there are five doors to DK district BJP. BJP dissenters are in contact with us,” the Congress leader alleged.

He said “I do not need rest as MP Nalin Kumar Kateel is saying, Nalin himself may need it. We will give him (Nalin) complete rest within a year.”

MLC Ivan D'Souza, MLA and Congress District president Harish Kumar, leaders UB Venkatesh, Rajnath Kotian, Ibrahim Kodijal, BH Khader, Bhaskar Moily, Shashidhar Hegde, Prithviraj, Mamata Gatti, AC Vinayaraj, Dhananjaya and others were present.

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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).