'Police should have shot everyone in Mangaluru violence': Somashekhar Reddy sparks controversy
Bellary: All those who are afraid of being sent out, get out of the country by now itself. We all will stay here comfortably. Police fired at protesters when they were attacking at policemen in Mangaluru. Instead of two they(police) should have shot all the protesters, it would impacted in declining country's population, MLA Somashekhar Reddy said in his controversial statement.
Speaking at a rally in support of the CAA, he said, "Do not hit to the streets by provocked from Congress party leaders. We are around 80 per cent in population. Be aware of the cause if we turn back. This is our country. You are only 17 per cent in population. It will be difficult if the Hindus come with sword," he said.
"Hey ... you are only 17 per cent. We are around 80 per cent. Be aware of what will be your situation if we turn up. This is our country. You must listen to us if you want to be here," he warned.
While justifying the statement of Bengaluru South MP Tejaswi Surya, he said, "the statement of MP is not wrong that people who are illiterate and have put up puncture shops are protesting against the CAA."
If Muslims give birth to 10-20 children, we will give birth to at least 50, he added.
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England sticking with Key, McCullum and Stokes despite Ashes humbling
London (AP): England is not sacking anybody following the 4-1 Ashes loss in Australia.
A review of the tour by the England and Wales Cricket Board, announced within hours of the final match in January, was concluded on Monday. Firing people would “be the easy thing to do,” ECB chief executive Richard Gould said but he insisted, "This is not the time to throw everything out."
Managing director Rob Key, coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes kept their jobs after the best England side to go to Australia in 14 years lost the Ashes in 11 days with two games to spare.
“Moving people on can sometimes be the easy thing to do. That's not the route that we're going to take,” Gould said. “I've seen the driving ambition and determination that we're lucky enough to have within our leadership group to take the lessons from the Ashes and move forward.”
Gould previously was the chief executive of Bristol City soccer club and said the ECB would not follow the same route as soccer's hire-and-fire culture.
“Cricket is a very unique sport in that it takes a team of leadership ... it's not like football where there's a single point of failure or success with a manager," he said. He added the ECB would not “select or deselect management based on a popularity campaign.”
The main criticisms of England's tour were poor preparation, player misbehavior, and selection mistakes.
At a press conference at Lord's, Gould and Key said McCullum and Stokes have not had a “bust up,” they did not want McCullum to “completely change” but “to evolve,” the behavior of some players was “unprofessional,” there will be more consequences for underperforming, and a commitment to “better long-term planning” ahead of major test series.
Some changes were already implemented for the Twenty20 World Cup, where England reached the semifinals. Gould implied that performance saved McCullum.
Key acknowledged that England supporters would be disappointed to see the management team go unpunished.
“I know people want punishment and that people then should be sacked for that,” Key said. “That doesn't mean we don't feel like we've gone through some serious pain: Brendon, myself, Ben. It's been as tough a time as I think I've had.”
