‘BJP has given tickets to rowdies, mafia and money lenders’
Sogadu Shivanna blasts his own party
Tumkur, August 27: Former minister Sogadu Shivanna made a scathing attack on his own party saying that the BJP has given tickets to those who have gone to jails, mafia and private money lenders for the city corporation elections.
Speaking to reporters here on Monday, Shivanna said that BJP workers have been alleging that the party district president and former MP have sold the tickets for the city corporation elections. With just three days left to election to be held on August 31, party workers were disappointed about this attitude. Father and son have neglected the party workers which attracted widespread resentment, he said.
BJP is sinking
The party workers have been experiencing the humiliation and pain in this election because of party district president and former MP. As a result, the BJP’s base in the district was sinking.
In the last assembly elections, the party has reached a situation where it has lost deposits in Pavagada, Madhugiri, Koratagere, Shira, Gubbi and other constituencies in the assembly elections. Turuvekere, Tiptur and Chikkanayakanahalli where BJP won were like separate districts.
Tumkur has become an island. There was no coordination. The party state president should look into it and entrust a suitable person to lead the party in the district, he said.
Vote for good people
He appealed the people to vote for the good and honest people irrespective of any political parties and keep the mafia dons, private money lenders and those who have been to jails at bay.
Minister S.R Mahesh should have had the common sense on how to behave with Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who visited flood hit Kodagu district recently. He should learn it first, he justified the union minister.
BJP leaders MB Nandish, KP Mahesh, Jayasimha Rao, Shantaraju, Banashankari Babu, MS Chandrashekar, Umesh, G Ganesh, K Harish, Madan Singh and others were present.
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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.
