Dinesh Gundu Rao slams Modi for his silence over Gauri Lankesh murder
Shivamogga, August 28: KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao asked as to why Prime Minister Narendra Modi was maintaining silence over Gauri Lankesh murder case.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, Dinesh Gundu Rao said that Modi has soft corner over Gauri Lankesh murder case and his silence has been creating many questions.
NDA fails
BJP led NDA government has failed on all fronts. People in the country were disappointed. Corruption was increased. Incidents of exploitation and sexual harassment on women were on the rise in the country. The NDA government has failed to bring black money stashed in foreign countries. It has also failed in creating job opportunities. Common people were suffering due to skyrocketing of prices of essential commodities, he said.
The Congress has been toiling to bring the society together. But the BJP has been dividing the society in the name of caste and religion, he alleged.
This election would directly connect with the people. The Congress would win more seats in the local bodies election. People have been recalling the development works of Siddaramaiah. The state was in the first place in capital investment in the country. The Congress government had done good to everyone. There was Congress wave in the state and in some places, it has to fight with the JDS. People have rejected the BJP, he said.
In his speech, Siddaramaiah had said that he would become the chief minister if he got people’s blessings. But his statement was read too much, he said.
The local bodies elections were not the referendum to the Lok Sabha election. BJP has been playing with the emotions of the people and seeking votes. In the last four years, it has failed at the centre. It has failed to fulfill its promises made in its manifesto, he alleged.
Party leaders Manjunath Bhandary, TN Srinivas, KB Prasanna Kumar, HM Chandrashekarappa, N Ramesh, Ismail Khan, HS Sundaresh, Kashi Vishwanath, YH Nagaraj and others were present.
‘No confusion’
There was nothing wrong in the statement of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda that one from JDS should be there in the Coordination Committee. It is left to the JDS that who will become the member. Major decisions related to the government were being taken only after discussing in the Coordination Committee meeting. Loan waiver issue was also discussed. There might be some minor problems, but they would be solved through discussions, Dinesh Gundu Rao 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.
