It’s not fair to raise voice against Shivakumar: Shamanur Shivashankarappa
Separate Lingayat religion issue
Davangere, October 19: All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha president Dr. Shamanur Shivashankarappa said that “Minister D.K. Shivakumar has apologized for dividing the Veerashaiva Lingayat community in the name of separate Lingayat religion by the previous government. But former ministers M.B. Patil and Vinay Kulkarni should not have raised voice against Shivakumar”.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, Shivashankarappa said that “We are against to any efforts of dividing the society. At least now, these two leaders should stop dividing Veerashaiva Lingayat community. Adopt the ideals what Basavanna said in your life. We should not have ego based on position and wealth. M.B. Patil should rectify himself and have control over his words”, he said.
D.K. Shivakumar disclosed the truth that the Congress has seen the setback in the election due to Lingayat issue. Siddaramaiah had tried to divide the Veerashaiva Lingayat community yielding to the pressure from M.B. Patil and Vinay Kulkarni. Though the community has more than 2 crore population in the state, it was shown as 70 lakh in the caste census. Except the sub-castes, the Veerashaiva Lingayat community has more than 25 per cent of total population of the state, which means, the Veerashaiva Lingayat community was in first place followed by Vokkaliga community, he said.
Mahasabha National Vice President Athani S. Veeranna was present.
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KKR land Green for record-breaking Rs 25.20 crore; Shaw, Sarfaraz go unsold
Abu Dhabi (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders splurged a record-breaking Rs 25.20 to land top Australian all-rounder Cameron Green even as Indian stars Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan went unsold in the Indian Premier League players' auction here on Tuesday.
Green surpassed compatriot Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore) to become the most expensive overseas player at an IPL auction. This was after Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings were involved in an intense bidding war for him before the latter emerged winner.
KKR also went after Venkatesh Iyer before pulling out of the race against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who fetched the services of the India all-rounder for Rs 7 crore.
As far as Green is concerned, his salary for the season would still be Rs 18 crore (USD 1.9 million) as the rest of the amount will go towards the BCCI's player development programme as per the rules of the auction for foreign players.
Green, who previously turned up for Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, has so far played 29 matches in the IPL to aggregate 707 runs and take 16 wickets.
Shaw, however, went unsold despite his fine run of form in the domestic circuit lately, and so was the case with Sarfaraz, who smashed a 22-ball 73 in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match for Mumbai on Tuesday.
Big-hitting South African batter David Miller was bought by Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 2 crore, but New Zealand swashbuckler Devon Conway, whose base price was also Rs 2 crore, went unsold in the auction.
Seasoned South African opener Quinton de Kock returned to his old base Mumbai Indians for a base price of Rs 1 crore.
A total of 359 players -- 246 Indians and 113 overseas players -- are part of the mini auction pool with the 10 franchises bidding to fill up a maximum of 77 slots, including 31 reserved for foreign players.
