Patna (PTI): The Bihar Legislative Council on Monday passed a resolution congratulating cricketer Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for his stellar performance in the U-19 World Cup, which helped the Indian team clinch the title on February 6.

BJP MLC Sanjay Prakash introduced the resolution in the House to congratulate Sooryavanshi, a day after the teen was felicitated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

On Sunday, Kumar felicitated Sooryavanshi with a Rs 50-lakh cheque following his return to the state after the tournament.

The 14-year-old cricketer scored 175 runs in 80 balls in the final match against England and received both the Player of the Match and Player of the Series awards.

Legislative council chairman Awadhesh Narayan Singh said, "Kumar felicitated Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. For this, I would like to thank the CM and the government."

Meanwhile, RJD MLC Sunil Singh asserted that Sooryavanshi should have been given a cheque of Rs 1 crore instead.

"Rs 50 lakh is a small sum. Our CM is big-hearted. He should have felicitated the cricketer with Rs 1 crore," Singh said.

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Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) following the filing of application by Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni and Chandrashekhar Indi challenging the life imprisonment awarded to them by the Special Court for murder of BJP Dharwad leader Yogish Gowda.

The divisional bench comprising Justices Muhammad Nawaz and T Venkatesh Naik heard the pleas filed by Kulkarni on April 15 and Chandrashekhar Indi also called Chandu Mama on April 16.

The bench has now issued a notice to the CBI and also directed the HC Registry to obtain the trial court documents before adjourning the hearing.