Bengaluru, May 18: Amidst the strategies of Congress-JDS and BJP to get the power in the state, an audio clip, said to be in the voice of Janardhan Reddy, offering position and money to Congress MLA Basana Gouda, has gone viral in the social media.
In this audio, Reddy claimed to have the backing of BJP president Amith Shah. The discussion between two people goes on like this: “old one…it was happened in bad time. Forget it. National president will directly speak to you. Ask what you want. Want power? Ask it. You should grow hundred times. Shivana Gouda Nayak who believed in me joined BJP and improved. You can earn till end as an MLA. Even Raju Gouda was also improved from me. It was happened during our bad time. You can become a minister now. I’ll make arrangement to speak one to one with the party president. You can make property 100 times more than what you have now”, it is said.
But it is said that Basana Gouda has denied it smoothly saying “Sorry..They have given me the ticket when I was in last position. At this situation, I would not betray. I have respect on you”.
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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)