Scared to go to Parliament, Sharad Pawar says in jest on PM Modi's 2016 'holding finger' comment
Pune, Jan 7: Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Friday made fun of an old statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, about having come into politics holding the former's finger, by claiming such remarks made him a "little scared to go to Parliament".
He brought up the comment, without referring to the PM, after senior Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde spoke of being "raised under the tutelage" of the NCP chief.
Pawar and Shinde were speaking at the 18th 'Jagtik Marathi Sammelan' in Pimpri here during the day.
"Sushilkumar Shinde said he was raised under my tutelage. Off late, I am very scared of (such statements) because somebody had said he came to politics by holding Sharad Pawar's finger. Since then, I am a little scared to go to Parliament also," Pawar quipped.
Modi, while sharing the dais with the NCP supremo in Pune in 2016, had said he came into politics "holding Pawar's finger".
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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).
