BJP appoints Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan poll in-charge for Karnataka
New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI): The BJP on Saturday appointed Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan its in-charge for the upcoming Karnataka assembly polls, a party statement said.
Tamil Nadu BJP unit president K Annamalai will be the co-incharge for the high-stakes polls where both the ruling party and the opposition Congress have launched intensive public outreach for the elections likely to be held in April-May.
Pradhan, a veteran organisation man of the party, has been tasked with handling several elections in the past.
A skillful politician, he will be expected to mobilise the state organisation while sorting out internal issues in the local unit to maximise efforts to retain power in the important southern state.
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Kohli becomes first Indian batsman to reach 14,000 runs milestone in T20s
Virat Kohli, on Wednesday, became the first Indian batsman to score 14,000 runs in T20 cricket, reaching this milestone in the IPL-26 in a match between RCB and KKR in Raipur.
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru veteran, who was dismissed for nought in the previous two matches, came up with his domineering knocks roaring back with an unbeaten century. In the course to guide his team to victory, he became the sixth batsman – after Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Alex Hales, David Warner, and Jos Buttler – to cross the mark the milestone in the T20 format.
