‘Supreme’ slap on PM Modi: KC Venugopal
Alok Verma reinstated as CBI chief
Bengaluru, Jan 8: AICC Karnataka incharge KC Venugopal said that by reinstating Alok Verma as the CBI chief, the Supreme Court on Tuesday slapped on the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who dismissed Verma as the CBI chief overnight.
Speaking to reporters at the KPCC office here on Tuesday, Venugopal said that “We have been discussing the Rafale deal in the Lok Sabha for the last three days. The central government has failed to answer the questions raised by AICC president Rahul Gandhi.
The Defence Minister has said that the centre has given Rs 1 lakh crore to the HAL. Later, she said that it was not one lakh crore. It was just Rs 26,000 crore. She has been giving such statements just to mislead the people.
People knew that HAL chief had said that the public sector unit has reached a position to borrow loan to pay the employees for the first time in two decades. The central government has got Rs 7,000 crore revolving fund from the HAL. Rafale deal was a clear incident of corruption”, he said.
“The Congress has been demanding Joint Parliamentary Committee to investigate the Rafale deal issue. But as to why the BJP which has clear majority, is hesitating to handover the case to the Panel? They might have been worrying about the truth.
People have been questioning the transparency of Prime Minister who has been claiming himself as Sevak.
By neglecting the HAL, the Central government has insulted Karnataka. The Congress would not leave this issue. It would be the major issue in the next Lok Sabha election.
We will take this issue before the people of the state and explain the reality. If the centre has all data about the Rafale Deal, why would it hesitate? Bofors and 2G Spectrum cases were also investigated by the Joint Parliamentary Panel”, he said.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
