Minister Sudhakar in soup over swimming pool photo
DK Shivakumar calls for Sudhakar's resignation
Bengaluru: Amid the spread of coronavirus across the state, the Minister for Medical Education K. Sudhakar landed himself in soup by posting a photo of himself in a swimming pool with his children on Twitter.
“After a long time joined my children for swimming hope maintaining social distance here also...haha,” he tweeted with a photograph. He, however, did not mention where and when the photograph was taken. He deleted the tweet after facing flak.
Dr. Sudhakar represents Chikkaballapur constituency, and was taken into the cabinet recently after he won the bypolls on BJP ticket following his resignation from Congress. He, along with 16 others, who had resigned from Congress and JD(S), was responsible for the fall of the coalition government last year.
Criticizing this, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President DK Shivakumar said, “When the whole world is going through a health crisis, the corona in-charge minister Dr Sudhakar is behaving irresponsibly by spending time in a swimming pool, Shivakumar said in a tweet.
Speaking to reporters in the city on Monday, he said all government and private establishments, public palces, including malls, have been shut down and people have been asked to stay indoors to fight against coronavirus .
"Sudhakar, being a doctor, and corona in-charge minister is behaving irresponsibly by spending time in a swimming pool. It's a matter of moral & ethical standard. He must resign out of his own accord & CM should sack him from the Cabinet.” Shivakumar said.
“Not just those from my party, BJP leaders themselves called me to ask why I have not demanded Sudhakar’s resignation yet,” he said. “Still, I will not press for his resignation. Even the CM or Governor should not sack him. According to me, Sudhakar himself will take moral responsibility and step down.”
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
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).
