BIJAPUR: Accusing the BJP government of shielding Former Minister and MLA, Ramesh Jarkiholi who has allegedly been found in an objectionable position with a woman, Former MLA, and District Congress Committee (DCC) president, Raju Algur has demanded the government to arrest him immediately as the case has already been filed against Jarkiholi.
Addressing presspersons on Monday, he wondered why the government is not taking stern action of arresting Jarkiholi when a case has been filed against him nearly a month ago.
Alleging Ramesh Jarkiholi of giving flip-flop and contradictory statements, he said that when the purported video went viral, he first denied that it was not him but some lookalike was in the video.
“Then later, his brother Balchandra Jarkiholi claims that it was a honey trap to malign the image of his brother. It means that Ramesh Jarkiholi is the man seen in the video”, he said.
Algur also casts aspersions on the six Ministers getting injunction order from the Court against the release of any video about them in the CD gate case.
“When the other six ministers have obtained stay order, it means that there is something fishy about the whole episode. If the Ministers have nothing to do with the case, then why did they obtain the injunction order from the Court”, he asked.
Expressing anguish over the supporters of Ramesh Jarkiholi attacking the car of KPCC president, D. K. Shivakumar, and throwing slippers on it, Algur accused the BJP leaders of deliberately dragging the name of Shivakumar in the case.
He alleged some people of pressurizing the parents of the woman seen in the video to accuse Shivakumar, while the woman herself has not made any allegations against Shivakumar.
Algur claimed that DKShi’s name was brought in the case to possibly tarnish his image.
Demanding the arrest of Ramesh Jarkiholi, he said that the government should also provide security to the woman and allow her to submit her statement before the magistrate.
“Let her say whatever she wants to without fear, then truth will prevail, meantime arrest Ramesh Jarkiholi”, he said.
Meanwhile, concerning the Sindgi by-election where some of the Congress leaders have expressed dismay over the selection of the candidate, Algur admitted that although some people may be unhappy, High Command will convince them.
Leaders, Abdul Hamid Mushrif, Vasat Honmode, Irfan Shaikh, Mohammed Rafiq Tapal, Chandsab Gadaglav, and others were present.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
SRH qualifies for IPL playoff after rain washes out match against GT
Hyderabad, May 16: Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday qualified for the Indian Premier League play-offs after rain washed out their IPL match against Gujarat Titans here without a ball being bowled.
SRH thus became the third team to make the cut after following Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, who are currently occupying the top two places in the standings.
The Sunrisers received one point to take their tally to 15 points with one match to go. They will face Punjab Kings, who have already been eliminated, on May 19 in their last league assignment.
GT, the last year's runners-up and 2022 champions, were knocked out of the play-off race after their previous match was also abandoned due to rain. They thus end the season with 12 points from 14 matches.
The toss didn't happen at scheduled time of 7 pm due to rain and wet outfield. The rain intensified before settling into a steady shower as the covers and outfield stayed covered.
The cut-off time for a five-over game was 10:56 PM, which meant the drizzle needed to stop for mop-up to begin by around 10:15pm but with rain showing no signs of abating, the official decided to abandon the match.
It is the second game to be called off in this IPL, because of rain and wet outfield.
Four teams -- Chennai Super Kings (14), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (12), Delhi Capitals (14) and Lucknow Super Giants (12) -- are still in fray for the battle for the last spot.
If LSG win against Mumbai Indians on Friday, they will move to 14 points to stay mathematically alive but CSK will seal the spot if they beat RCB or the game is washed out on Saturday.
If RCB beat CSK by at least 18 runs or 11 balls to spare then they will grab the fourth available spot on the basis of net run-rate as they would be on 14 points, same as DC, CSK and LSG (if they win).
๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ are through to #TATAIPL 2024 Playoffs ๐งก
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 16, 2024
Which will be the final team to qualify ๐ค#TATAIPL | #SRHvGT | @SunRisers pic.twitter.com/6Z7h5kiI4o
