Onus of clearing confusion is on shoulder of Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, September 16: After returning from a 12-day foreign tour on Sunday night, the house of former chief minister and Coalition government Coordination Committee president Siddaramaiah has turned as the centre of political activities.
On Sunday morning, State Congress incharge KC Venugopal, KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao and working president Eshwar Khandre and other leaders met Siddaramaiah at the latter’s house and held discussions on present political developments.
Onus on Siddaramaiah
After holding the meeting, Venugopal entrusted the responsibility of solving the present crises in the Congress to Siddaramaiah and he also asked Siddaramaiah to find a solution to Jarkiholi brothers issue, it is said.
In order to destabilise the Coalition government, the BJP leaders have approached many Congress MLAs due to which confusion cropped up in the Congress. So, Venugopal has asked Siddaramaiah to convince the dissident MLAs, it is said.
The leaders also discussed the issues like preparing counter strategies to the BJP’s Operation Lotus plan, and actions to be taken against misusing central investigating agencies by the central government, and by-election to the MLC seats, it is said.
As Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar did not turn up to the home of Siddaramaiah on Sunday, Venugopal called him over phone and asked him to join them, sources said.
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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).
