If Congress comes to power, I will adopt Badami constituency, says Siddaramaiah
Badami: Congress leader Siddaramaiah has declared that he would adopt Badami constituency if the Congress won the Assembly elections this month and regained power in the state.
“I will adopt Badami and implement development schemes in the constituency,” Siddaramaiah, who is the Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, said in Badami, addressing a campaign rally for Congress candidate from Badami, Bheemasena Chimmanakatti, on Tuesday.
The senior Congress leader told the people of Badami that, being an elected representative of the constituency, he would remain so till the end of counting of votes, and added, “Even after the Congress comes back to power in the state after winning the elections, I will work for you along with Chimmanakatti.”
Speaking to reporters after the campaign, Siddaramaiah said, “While V Somanna has been challenging my efforts for the people of Varuna constituency, where I am contesting this year, we have only heard claims of ‘Acche Din’ for the people, from both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. We have not witnessed any development works by the BJP.”
With reference to the party campaigns, Siddaramaiah said that it was not merely the BJP that had ‘star campaigners’, adding, “The Congress had stars like Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and the National President of the party Mallikarjun Kharge campaigning in Karnataka for the party.”
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
