Out of over 4,700 MPs, MLAs entitled to vote in prez poll, 477 are women: ADR
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New Delhi(PTI): Of the total 4,759 MPs and MLAs entitled to vote in the July 18 presidential election, only 477 or 10 per cent are women, a poll reform advocacy group said on Wednesday.
Based on the number of votes the MPs and MLAs are entitled to cast, 1,30,304 (13 per cent) out of 10,74,364 votes are of women, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said in a statement.
Among MPs, Lok Sabha has 56,700 (15 per cent) votes out of 3,79,400 from 81 women members and Rajya Sabha has 21,700 (14 per cent) out of 1,58,200 votes analysed from 31 women members, it said.
Among the state legislative assemblies, Uttar Pradesh has the maximum amount of women votes with 9,776 votes out of 83,824 (47 out of 403 MLAs) followed by West Bengal with 6,191 votes out of 44,394 (41 out of 294 MLAs) and Bihar with 4,498 votes out of 41,693 (26 out of 241 MLAs).
Citing NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu's 2014 affidavit filed during assembly polls, the ADR said she has assets over Rs 2 crore and liabilities at Rs 14 lakh.
Similarly, it quoted the 2009 Lok Sabha affidavit filed by Opposition's presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha to say that he has assets worth over Rs 3 crore and zero liabilities.
Citing the same affidavits, the statement said while Murmu had three criminal cases, Sinha had one. But all the cases were not serious in nature.
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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.
