Vote theft: Opposition to move impeachment notice against CEC Gyanesh Kumar
New Delhi: The Opposition has intensified its protest against the alleged vote theft and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being conducted by the Election Commission of India in Bihar, the INDIA bloc deciding to submit a notice for the impeachment of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the bloc on Monday chaired by Mallikarjun Kharge, who is Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Rajya Sabha.
While the bloc decided to impeach the CEC a day after the senior officer held a press conference, a senior leader of the Opposition is learned to have said that there are plans to submit a notice against Gyanesh Kumar and that the modalities will soon be worked out.
The issue of vote theft during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was raised by Congress leader and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi during a presentation and press conference on August 7. The leader had alleged that the Election Commission had colluded with the ruling party and manipulated voter data during the elections leading to vote theft in multiple states, which had helped the BJP win the elections last year.
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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).
