Loud calls in early morning disturb sleep, clash with 'aarti' and meditation: BJP MP Pragya Thakur
Bhopal, Nov 10: In a veiled objection to "loud" 'azaan', local BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur has said that loud calls in the early morning hours not only disturb the sleep of people but also causes blood pressure of some patients to rise while seers are engaged in meditation in the "Brahma muhurat".
Speaking at a temple in Berasia town in the Bhopal district on Tuesday night, Thakur said if Hindus use mikes and amplifiers, it troubles "vidharmis", apparently meaning people from Islam other religions.
Thakur, however, didn't use the word 'azaan' (a call for the morning prayer in Islam) in her speech.
Thakur thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Ram temple in Ayodhya, saying the country needs a leader like him under whose leadership "the people can move forward on the righteous path and Hindus can worship and offer prayers without any dispute".
...Very loud noise keeps ringing for some minutes after 5 o'clock every morning. This disturbs everybody's sleep including those who are patients. Even blood pressure of some patients shoots up while some of them face other problems, she said.
Thakur said some people who sleep in the early morning after spending a sleepless night also get disturbed due to the loud noise.
The MP said meditation of sadhus and sanyasis and the first 'aarti' in temples also starts at around 4 AM which is a 'brahma muhurt'.
Nobody cares even though (voice from) loudspeaker forcefully echoes in our ears. But when we (Hindus) use mikes then 'vidharmis' feel a lot of pain. They say that we cannot hear any word of prayers from other religions because in their religion, in Islam, it is not considered right and justified, she said.
Thakur said, Should we care about others? We Hindus care about others because we believe in 'sarv panth sambhav' (respect for all faiths) .
Thakur is one of the accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case.
She had stirred many controversies in the past, including her comments on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse for which she later tendered an apology.
Before that, Thakur had also made controversial remarks about IPS officer Hemant Karkare, who was killed during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. She had said that Karkare had died as she had "cursed" him for torturing her. She had even blamed the "black magic" of opposition parties for the death of senior BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj.
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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.
