YSRCP’s ‘Poor’ Candidate Owns Assets Of Rs 161 Crore

by Pabitra Mohan Senapaty

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YSRCP candidate from Yemmiganur Assembly constituency, Butta Renuka, who was recently called ‘poor’ by Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, has declared family assets of Rs 161.21 crore.

Amaravati, Apr 19: YSRCP candidate from Yemmiganur Assembly constituency, Butta Renuka, who was recently called ‘poor’ by Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, has declared family assets of Rs 161.21 crore.

The former MP declared the assets in the affidavit submitted to the Election Commission while filing a nomination for the May 13 election to the Assembly constituency in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.

According to the affidavit, she and her husband Shiva NeelKanth have movable assets of Rs.142.46 crore and immovable assets of Rs.18.75 crore. Their liabilities are to the tune of Rs.7.82 crore.

The businesswoman owns automobile dealerships, hotels and educational institutions. She also owns the Butta Convention.

Her assets include plots and buildings in the Madhapur and Izzat Nagar areas of Hyderabad.

In 2014, she was one of the richest parliamentarians with declared assets of Rs.242.62 crore.

She was elected from the Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency as a YSRCP candidate, defeating her nearest rival B. T. Naidu of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) by a margin of over 44,000 votes. In 2017, she crossed over to TDP, the then-ruling party.

A few weeks before the 2019 elections, Butta Renuka returned to YSRCP as the TDP had given the Kurnool ticket to Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy.

Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, while addressing a public meeting in Kurnool recently as part of the party’s poll campaign, had stated that her assets are limited.

“It is deplorable that Mr. Jagan had tried to project Butta Renuka as a poor woman even though her assets stood at Rs. 250 crore,” TDP President and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had said.

(IANS)

IPL 2024: Hyderabad wish to play an aggressive brand of cricket, says SRH's Simon Helmot

by Manisha Das

Hyderabad, May 02: Ahead of his side's clash against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) assistant coach Simon Helmot said that they want to play an aggressive brand of cricket in the upcoming days in the tournament.

After winning five of nine games in the IPL 2024, SRH are standing in fifth place with 10 points and have a net run rate of +0.075. The upcoming fixture against the Royals will be crucial for the Hyderabad-based franchise since they have lost their two previous games.

While speaking at the pre-match press conference, Helmot accepted that every franchise is trying to be aggressive in the tournament. He added that the last two games "have not worked" for them.

"Our single-mindedness is that we wish to play an aggressive brand of cricket, and I think that is what all teams are doing, looking to play an aggressive brand of cricket. It has worked for us on a number of occasions to help us with five victories. Obviously, the last one or two games have not worked so well," Helmot said.

The assistant coach added that if they continue to back their abilities they wil be in a good position to win their upcoming game against Rajasthan.

"We know that if we play a positive brand of cricket, that we keep backing our abilities and look to make the best, you know, decisions possible, you know, in every given ball, that we are going to be in a good position to win this game," he added.

He showered praise on Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals and said they have a balanced squad and have good spinners in the squad.

"Rajasthan has been on top of the ladder for a reason. They've got a good balanced side, they've got some very good spinners in their team, but we think we've got some very good players who spin too," he added.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (Wk), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tripathi, Mayank Agarwal, Upendra Yadav, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Sanvir Singh, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Marco Jansen, Akash Maharaj Singh.

(ANI)

LS polls: PM Modi to campaign in Gujarat today

by Manisha Das

New Delhi, May 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address one public meeting each in Gujarat's Anand, Surendranagar, Junagadh and Jamnagar on Thursday.

Prime Minister Modi will address a public meeting in Anand at 11 a.m., followed by another one in Surendranagar at 1 p.m., third one in Junagadh at 3:15 p.m. and later a fourth public meeting in Jamnagar at 5:15 p.m.

Home Minister Amit Shah will address three public meetings in Uttar Pradesh -- one in Bareilly at the Ramlila Maidan (12:30 p.m.), another in Badaun at the Islamia Inter College Ground (2:15 p.m.) followed by one in Sitapur at Leherpur (4 p.m.).

Major political developments that will unfold across the country today:

*BJP National President J.P. Nadda will address three public meetings in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.

*BJP National President Nadda will address two public meetings in Bihar -- one in Araria at the Dharmaganj Mela Maidan (11:25 a.m.) and another in Muzaffarpur at the Kerma Stadium (1:40 p.m.). Later, he will address a public meeting in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district at the Naya Bus Stand, Sironj (5 p.m.) and then another public meeting in Gujarat's Mehsana district at the Open Maidan, Godhra Road (at 8:45 p.m.)

*Congress National General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will address a 'Nyay Sankalp Sabha' each in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. She will first address a public meeting in Korba (Chhattisgarh) at 12 p.m. followed by another public meeting in Morena (Madhya Pradesh) at 3 p.m.

*Jailed Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal will hold a roadshow in Gujarat's Bhavnagar at 12:30 p.m. and a second roadshow in Bharuch district of Gujarat at 4:30 p.m. asking people to support her husband and AAP.

*Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit Uttar Pradesh and hold a roadshow in Mainpuri at 11:20 a.m., followed by a public meeting in Etah at 1 p.m. and later another public meeting in Firozabad at 2:25 p.m.

(IANS)

Boating on Ganga river in Varanasi prohibited after 8:30 p.m.

by Manisha Das

Varanasi, May 2: Boating on the Ganga river in Varanasi has been prohibited after 8:30 p.m., officials said.

The decision has been taken keeping in view the safety of the tourists, said Water Police In-charge Mithilesh Yadav.

According to the Water Police In-charge, drowning incidents increased in May and June.

For the safety of tourists and visitors, security has been increased in the Ganga by Jal Police and arrangements have been made to increase vigil on weekends.

Yadav added that four teams, including two of NDRF and two of Water Police on two boats, have been deployed to keep a vigil on the Ganga.

In addition, a boat crew, and three security personnel have been deployed.

Yadav said that the decision to restrict the operation of the boats after 8:30 p.m. has been taken with the consent of the boatmen community.

If any boat is found operating after 8:30 p.m., the boat will be seized and an FIR will be registered against the boatman. Also, action will be taken to cancel the license of the boat.