Focus on fuel for 'gadi' instead of Rahul Gandhi's 'dadhi': Kanhaiya Kumar
Sanavad (MP), Nov 25: Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar said on Friday that BJP leaders should think of how common people can afford fuel for their `gadi' (vehicle) instead of commenting on Rahul Gandhi's `dadhi' (beard).
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said a day earlier that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's bearded look reminded him of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
"Set aside your worry over our leader's beard. Tell how can a common man afford a vehicle when the price of petrol has crossed Rs 100," Kumar said at a press conference during Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra which is passing through Madhya Pradesh.
The BJP is perturbed because of the success of Gandhi's cross-country foot-march and targeting him with absurd statements, he said.
Asked about Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's son Rehan joining the Yatra with his mother in Madhya Pradesh, Kumar said, "Besides politics, this Yatra is a social, economic, cultural and spiritual event. The march is not being carried out to build anybody's political career."
The former student leader also took potshots at MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's past statement that roads in his state were better than those in Washington DC.
"During the Yatra we saw that the roads in MP were in a very bad shape. You do not have to apply powder to the face. Dust from the road is enough for entire make-up," Kumar said.
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Lucknow Super Giants beat MI by 18 runs in IPL
Mumbai, May 17: Lucknow Super Giants beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs at Wankhede Stadium on Friday.
Mumbai Indians thus finish last in the 10-team table with only 8 points from 14 games.
Aided by a 109-run partnership between skipper KL Rahul (55 off 41 balls) and Nicholas Pooran (75 off 29 balls), LSG scored a commendable 214 for 6.
The visitors then struck at regular intervals to stop MI at 196 for 6 despite Rohit Sharma's 68 off 38 deliveries and Naman Dhir's reargaurd 62 off 28 balls.
Earlier, Rahul first steadied the innings with Marucs Stoinis (28) after the fall of his opening partner Devdutt Padikkal for a duck and then stitched a century stand with West Indian Pooran, who clobbered eight maximums and five boundaries.
Spinner Piyush Chawla (3/29) and Sri Lankan pacer Nuwan Thusara (3/28) emerged the most successful Mumbai Indians bowlers, grabbing three wickets each.
Brief scores:
Lucknow Super Giants 214 for 6 in 20 overs (Nicholas Pooran 75, KL Rahul 55; Piyush Chawla 3/29, Nuwan Thushara 3/28).
Mumbai Indians 196 for 6 in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 68, Naman Dhir 62 not out; Ravi Bishnoi 2/37).
