'Raincoat not jacket': Congress after BJP leaders mock “scared” Rahul Gandhi for wearing jacket
Video of Rahul removing jacket after downpour stopped, goes viral
Srinagar: BJP leaders on Friday mocked senior Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi for wearing a jacket during the Bharat Jodo Yatra for the first time after he had said he was not scared of the cold.
Rahul’s Yatra entered Jammu and Kashmir even as the temperature in the northern parts of the country continued to dip.
The former Congress chief recently shared an incident that prompted him to avoid wearing jackets or sweaters despite the winter chill. "I had met two children during the foot march who did not have the means to layer up. And that's when I had resolved that I won't layer up till I feel cold," he had said during a press briefing.
As he was seen wearing a wind-cheater, it generated a huge buzz on social media. But the party on Friday afternoon clarified: "It’s a Raincoat, not Jacket! Rain over, Raincoat gone … (sic)" The party also posted a video showing him taking off the wind-cheater. Earlier, the grand old party had posted a clip, saying that the downpour could not stop the foot march.
A video soon surfaced wherein Rahul Gandhi was seen taking off the jacket and getting back to his usual white t-shirt as the downpour stopped.
Rahul was earlier mocked for his comments wherein he had said he was not scared of the cold and that’s why he doesn’t feel cold. He added that it is the fear in the minds of the people that scare them of things.
पप्पू को डर लगने लगा क्या..??https://t.co/ejIMt6cIfd pic.twitter.com/YUoH4zpmP0
— Kamaljeet Sehrawat (@kjsehrawat) January 20, 2023
It’s a Raincoat, not Jacket !
— West Bengal Pradesh Mahila Congress (@WestBengalPMC) January 20, 2023
Rain over, Raincoat gone …
Shri @RahulGandhi in Jammu#BharatJodoYatraInJK #BharatJodoYatra pic.twitter.com/dKVSo4os94
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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.
