Four Congress Ex MLAs file petition in Karnataka High Court
EVM hacking allegation takes a major turn
Bengaluru, June 30: Congress leaders who were complaining EVM hacking for losing the recent assembly elections in Karnataka have now taken the matter to the High Court of Karnataka.
Former Congress MLA of Mangaluru South J.R.Lobo who was defeated by BJP's Vedavyas Kamath was the first to file a petition in Karnataka High Court on Thursday. He has alleged that EVMs have been tampered with in his constituency.
Following Lobo's petition, three more Congress leaders who have lost the recent assembly elections have also filed the petition in high court with the same allegation. They are M.K.Somashekar, who lost from Krishnaraja of Mysore , Vasu who lost Chamaraja in Mysore and B.A.Mohiuddin Bava , who was defeated in Mangaluru North. All the four constituencies have been won by BJP candidates.
C.S.Arun Machaiah who lost from Madikeri constituency as Congress candidate has also said that he will go to court with the same grievance. Many other defeated Congress MLAs have also alleged that they have lost due to EVM malfunctioning or tampering. They are also expected to file petition soon in the court.
Congress under Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was confident of coming back to power in Karnataka. Many surveys had also suggested that there is no anti incumbency wave against Siddaramaiah government and Congress has a clear edge. But the election results came as a rude shock to ruling Congress where it slipped to 78 seats whereas BJP which was not expected to do very well jumped from 40 to 104 seats.
Following the results many prominent congress leaders started complaining about possible EVM tampering. For the first time , even AICC seriously discussed the issue. Now Congress leaders seem to have made up their mind to take the matter to court and fight against EVMs.
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
