Misinformed voters in Vijayapura destroy EVMs, attack polling booth staff
Vijayapura: Misinformation and confusion regarding the polling booth staff members’ actions led the voters in Masabinala village of Basavana Bagewadi taluk in the district to destroy the voting machines on Wednesday.
The voters saw the staff at the polling booth getting out the reserve EVMs and VVPAT machines, which are kept for emergency use, and questioned the booth staff about this.
While the election staff, who got the reserve EVMs from Bisnala in Donur village to Masabinala, explained this, the voters were allegedly dissatisfied with the answers.
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Assuming that the voting process in Masabinala had been halted midway and that the election staff members were giving them wayward replies when asked to explain this, the locals destroyed the EVMs.
The locals also attacked the staff members and damaged the vehicle of the officers. The incident gave rise to tension in the village.
The voting process, however, continued in Masabinala, regardless of the violent outburst of the locals.
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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).
