Minister Zameer sending 300 Hajj camp volunteers to Umrah pilgrimage: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, September 30: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah said that Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan was sending 300 Haj camp volunteers out of 700 to Umrah pilgrimage.
Inaugurating the process of selecting volunteers through lottery at Haj Bhavan at Thirumenahalli on Sunday, Siddaramaiah said that every Muslim would have the desire to go to Mecca and Madina once in their lifetime. But it would cost minimum Rs 80,000 to Rs 1 lakh.
But the poor could not afford this amount. Those who were selected through lottery would leave for the pilgrimage in the first week of January. Last year, he has sent 200 volunteers and this year, 300 persons would be going, he said.
Zameer Ahmed would respond to the problems of the poor due to which, he was appointed as the Minister in the Coalition government. Kuvempu had advocated the state as a peaceful garden of all communities. So, everybody should live together with peace and harmony. Then only, equality and social harmony would be established in the society, he said.
Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan, Former minister Prof Mumtaz Ali Khan, State Haj Committee CEO Sarfaraz Khan Sardar, Maulana Muzammil and others were present.
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RCB beat MI by 18 runs after batters fire
Mumbai (PTI): Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli blasted half-centuries as the defending champions beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in an Indian Premier League match here on Sunday.
Salt (78 off 36 balls) and Kohli (50 off 38 balls) stitched together a 120-run stand for the opening wicket before Patidar scored a rapid 53 off just 20 balls as RCB posted 240 for 4.
In response, Mumbai Indians were restricted to 222 for 5, with RCB spinner Suyash Sharma (2/47) putting the skids on the home side with a double strike in the eighth over, from which they could not recover.
Sherfane Rutherford top-scored for MI with an unbeaten 71 off 31 balls.
While opener Rohit Sharma appeared to be struggling with a hamstring issue and had to retire hurt on 19, his partner Ryan Rickelton made 37, while Suryakumar Yadav (33) and Hardik Pandya (40) were the other contributors for MI.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 240 for 4 in 20 overs (Phil Salt 78, Virat Kohli 50, Rajat Patidar 53, Tim David 35 not out).
Mumbai Indians: 222 for 5 in 20 overs (Sherfane Rutherford 71 not out, Ryan Rickelton 37, Hardik Pandya 40; Suyash Sharma 2/47).
