Kargil veteran Sanaullah, Sitting MLA left out of NRC
Guwahati, Aug 31: A Kargil veteran, a sitting and an ex-MLA of the AIUDF were among those whose names were excluded from the final NRC, which was released here on Saturday.
The daughter of Congress MLA Ilias Ali too found her name missing though the legislator and his other family members made it to the updated list.
Kargil war veteran and retired army officer Mohammad Sanaullah, who spent a few days in detention in May after being declared a foreigner by a tribunal, was excluded from the updated list.
Sanaullah's two daughters and a son were reportedly not included, though his wife's name appeared in the list, which validates bona fide Indian citizens in Assam.
AIUDF MLA Ananta Kumar Malo, representing Abhayapuri South assembly constituency in Bongaigaon district, said he could not find his name in the final NRC.
"My son's name is also not in the NRC final list," the legislator claimed.
Malo's party colleague Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuyan is another prominent exclusion.
"The Constitution defines who is a citizen of India and I have all the necessary documents to prove it. I have been a two-time MLA from Katigorah. This is harassment and the NRC is flawed," Mazarbhuyan said.
The former MLA said he would take legal option and go to the Foreigners Tribunal to get his name included in the NRC.
The updated final NRC has excluded over 19 lakh applicants who are now staring at an uncertain future.
A total of 3,30,27,661 people had applied to be included in the NRC. Of them, 3,11,21,004 have been included in the document and 19,06,657 excluded, a statement from the NRC State Coordinators office said here.
In a twist of fate, a school teacher who was deputed in an NRC Seva Kendra (NSK) in the city, failed the citizenship test.
Declining to identify herself, the woman said she has been working in the NSK for the past three years and had presented all necessary documents - her father's legacy data, her education qualification certificates as well as the service documents of her father, who works with Indian Oil Corporation, to prove her citizenship.
In Silchar, Rabindra Debroy, former publisher of the daily Gati, said he was excluded from the final NRC despite having legacy data of 1955 and 1971.
"The names of my wife and other family members were included," the 74-year-old said.
At Uriamguri in Sonitpur district, Sabdul Islam and three members of his family did not make it to the list as also Raton Ghosh and his wife Beauty.
The list of exclusions included 56-year old Samir Poddar of Dolhat Bazar in Lakhimpur district and three members of his family as well as the family members of Arati Bala Baishya of Morowa village in Nalbari district.
Phulendra Das, who visited the Morowa NRC Sewa Kendra expressed resentment over exclusion of his name as well as those of his family members.
Das said they were called for hearing to Mukalmua where they produced all their documents but their names were not included in the final NRC.
"I am a daily wage labourer. How can my poor family fight the legal battle to get our names in the NRC," he asked.
65-year-old Lila Rani Dey, a retired nurse of Assam health department who hails from Hailakandi district, is frustrated at the exclusion of her name even after she had provided the citizenship certificate of her father.
Names of her brothers and sisters were, however, included in the document.
Usha Devi Todi, a widow living with her son at Dhubri town, too found herself out of the list.
"I am a poor widow and therefore it is not possible for me to continue the legal fight to include my name", she said in despair.
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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.
