Delhi Violence: Who sowed the seeds of separatism?
The affidavits being submitted by the police about the Delhi violence have now become a subject of discussion with several social activists alleging that police investigations into the Delhi violence have not been impartial. The affidavits reveal that out of those who were affected in the riots, about 80 percent were Muslims who suffered injuries and loss of life and property. At the same time, the affidavits also reveal that Sangh Parivar targeted their ire not only on Muslims but also on Dalits.
The miscreants arrested by the police for the riots reveal the efforts of the police in protecting the Sangh Parivar workers. Not just that. It is alleged that the police have created some fake incidents to prove that even Hindus have experienced heavy losses. The confusion in the police about the number of temples that were damaged during the riots supports these allegations. Responding to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) last month, the police had informed the court that two temples and 13 mosques were damaged. But in the latest affidavit, the number of temples damaged has risen to six.
Social activists suspect that the police and the Sangh Parivar organizations have jointly created several such fake incidents of temples being attacked and damaged. A right-wing website had reported that miscreants had stoned a Hanuman temple near a school and a Gowri Shankar temple near a Shishu Vihar in the national capital, but the temple priest had refuted the report. This shows the attempts of the police to render the victims as the accused and protect the accused.
A few days ago, the chief of Delhi police warned his department staff that Hindu leaders were upset that workers of Sangha Parivar were being arrested. This indicates that the police are being pressurized by politicians and Sangh Parivar organizations against arresting those miscreants who were actually involved in the violence and is raising suspicions that the police are trying to portray the victims as the accused.
The most shocking element of the investigation into the Delhi violence is the desperation of the police to falsely project the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protestors as perpetrators of violence. The violence in Delhi took place to suppress anti-CAA protestors with the sole objective being to threaten the protestors and make them withdraw the protests. But the police have come out with a different conclusion. According to them, people who were outraged at the CAA came to the streets and unleashed violence.
The police have recorded similar such statements from miscreants and have tried to falsely implicate student leaders and social workers for having triggered and encouraged the violence. In their affidavits, police have said the main objective of the anti-CAA protestors was to instigate separatism. “Creating riots between two communities and encouraging armed rebels to fight against an established government, thereby giving a fillip to the separatist movement was its main agenda,” the police have said.
The anti-CAA agitation was not started by any one community. It began in Assam with most of the protestors being non-Muslims. Lakhs of people in Assam are living in fear of losing their citizenship over the unconstitutional National Register of Citizens (NRC) introduced by the government. Not all of them belong to a specific community but belong to different castes and communities. It is the CAA that has divided the country on the basis of religion and not the protests against the CAA. In fact, the CAA saw thousands of people coming to the streets holding national flags reiterating that ‘we are all of the citizens of this country’ with their only objective being an appeal to stop suspicions over their citizenship and definitely not dividing the country. However, continuing the attempts to divide the country, attempts were even made to identify the protestors based on their attire. The attempts, however, failed due to the coming together of anti-CAA protestors on a common plank.
It is obvious that the government tried to suppress the anti-CAA movement by using Delhi violence. A situation has been created where victims of Delhi violence are now being forced to go to jail instead of handing out punishment to the accused. The law has been used to further inflict wounds on those who are already wounded. The violence in Delhi took place to suppress the Constitution of India and it is now being used again for the same purpose. If we do not protest this conspiracy that is being hatched during the lockdown, the country’s future will be at a greater risk.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
