‘Not invited formally’, Siddaramaiah will not attend ‘Karnataka Ratna’ award event
Bengaluru: Opposition leader in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah has accused the state government of not inviting him to the program to confer the ‘Karnataka Ratna’ award posthumously on late Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar on Tuesday evening.
Addressing a press meet at his official residence in Bengaluru, the former chief minister said, “My name has been included in the invitation for the program. The Opposition leader should have been formally invited to the event as per protocol. I would have been interested in attending the program were I invited so.”
Siddaramaiah then stated, “Since I was not invited, however, I do not wish to attend the ceremony to confer the state award.”
He also said, “I am delighted that the award is being conferred on Puneeth Rajkumar. I would, therefore, have attended the event enthusiastically, had I been formally invited.”
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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).
