More Shaheen Baghs will come up in UP if Centre does not repeal CAA, NRC: Asaduddin Owaisi
Lucknow: AIMIM Chief and MP from Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday demanded that the Centre should repeal the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens NRC.
Speaking at a public rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki on Sunday, Owaisi said the CAA is against the Constitution of the country and the Constitution does not allow the government to make laws discriminatory to the religions.
He also added if the Centre fails to repeal the CAA and NRC, people will once again come out on street and “another Shaheen Bagh will come up here.”
“CAA is against the Constitution. If the BJP government does not take back this law, we will come out on the streets and another Shaheen Bagh will come up here,” Owaisi said in his address.
Owaisi also said the farmers had rightly taken note of the deceiving nature of the Centre and their move to not stop the protest before a bill was introduced in the parliament to repeal the farm laws was spot on.
“This regime is deceitful and the farmers have rightly taken note of it. Even during the CAA and NRC, Modi had openly claimed that there was nothing about NPR and NRC in the bill. But when I spoke in the parliament and when I asked Amit Shah if NRC and NPR would be done, he said that was obvious. That is how deceitful this government is, we cannot trust them unless they introduce a bill in the parliament” he said.
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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.
