“I received call for Rs 2 cr to hack EVM”
Defeated Tarikere JDS candidate Shivashankarappa makes serious allegation
Tarikere, May 18: As degraded the democracy through its deceptive politics across the state, the BJP has misused the EVMs even in Tarikere constituency and won the election, defeated candidate TH Shivashankarappa made a serious allegation.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, Shivashankarappa said that he had received a call from Venkatesh, one of the accused arrested on charges of hacking EVMs in Mysuru, and demanded Rs 2 crore to hack the EVMs to win the election. “But I have declined the offer very nicely. Now, I suspected that the BJP might have got the benefit of this. During the voting process, the EVMs were hacked using memory cards within 100 mts radius from the polling booths. Because of this, all votes polled to JDS and Congress in Udeva, Tanigebail, Shantaveri, Kodicamp, Tarikere, Kenchapura, Choudeshwari Colony, Attiganalu and other places were gone to BJP. The BJP cannot make use of such technique to be in power”, he alleged.
In this election, the BJP were able to get just 18,000 to 20,000 votes. It was expected that JDS would get 35000 votes, Congress 30,000 and independent candidate Gopi would get 25,000 votes. But the BJP has snatched JDS and Congress votes to win the constituency. The BJP has the capacity of winning just 70-80 seats in the state. But because of the misuse of EVMs, it has got 104 seats, he said.
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Sanju Samson ton guides India to 61-run win over South Africa
Durban, Nov 8: Sanju Samson scored a scintillating century as India inflicted a 61-run defeat on South Africa in the first T20I here on Friday.
Invited to bat, Samson blazed away to 107 off 50 balls, hitting as many as 10 sixes and seven fours to help India post 202 for 8.
The spin duo of Varun Chakaravarthy (3/25) and Ravi Bishnoi (3/28) then shared six wickets between them to bowl out South Africa for 141 in 17.5 overs.
Earlier, Samson became the first Indian to score back-to-back centuries in T20Is.
The opener notched his second T20I hundred off just 47 balls. His first had come in India's last outing against Bangladesh last month.
However, South Africa clawed their way back into the game as they stemmed the flow of runs by picking wickets in the last five overs.
Pacer Gerald Coetzee who claimed three wickets was the pick of the bowlers for the hosts.
Brief Scores:
India: 202 for 8 in 20 overs (Sanju Samson 107, Tilak Verma 33; Gerald Coetzee 3/37)
South Africa: 141 all out in 17.5 overs (Heinrich Klaasen 25; Varun Chakaravarthy 3/25, Ravi Bishnoi 3/28)
