Rafale deal is Rs 40k Cr worth scandal: Siddaramaiah
Talented students feted at Mysuru working journalists association
Mysuru, August 26: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah said that "the Congress has been educating the people about the Rafale deal scandal happened in the Defense Ministry. AICC president Rahul Gandhi has raised the issue in the Parliament. The Rafale deal is a scandal worth Rs 40,000 crore".
Felicitating the talented students at a felicitation programme organised by the district working journalists association here on Sunday, he said that the Congress would come to the streets and educate the people about the BJP 's mask in the scam. But it has no political motive. This is not a small scandal. It is one of the biggest ever scandals in the Defense Ministry, he said.
The Congress has fielded 63 candidates in the Mysuru city corporation election. The Congress believed in decentralisation. The Congress had brought in reservation in local bodies during the tenure of Rajiv Gandhi due to which women, faults and backwards classes have got opportunity. It was because of Congress that the women have got 50% reservation. But the BJP had opposed it. In fact, Rama Joyis had moved the Supreme Court against the issue. The BJP has been opposing the reservation in government and local bodies. But the Congress has been advocating social justice and equality , he said.
Both JDS and BJP could not come to power independently in Mysuru city corporation. His government has given Rs 2,530 crore for the development of Mysuru city. The development works that happened in the city was evidence for that. The city did not see any Development when the JDS and BJP were in power in the corporation. Because of Congress, the city was in number one in development. Considering the development, people should vote Congress candidates, he said.
Because of the false propaganda of the BJP, the Congress has lost the earlier election. Now people have understood the BJP and the Congress would certainly win the election, he exuded confidence.
The coalition government has decided to waive off the loans taken from private money lenders and it was in the common minimum program list of the government. He has said that he would become the chief minister again as the Congress would get the majority in the next election. Regarding reservation in promotion, the government has enacted a law and the Supreme Court would see to it, he said.
Regarding Defense Minister visit to Kodagu, he said that the minister came and went. No relief was announced. Is it right? Is not it the duty of the central government? The centre should immediately announce Rs 1000 crore compensation to Kodagu,. He would thank the people who stood with the Kodagu people who in distress. The centre should have announced the relief instead of waiting for the letter from the state government. The attitude of the Defense Minister was too much. She hasn't behaved as the Union Minister. The way the Union Minister behaved with the state Minister was Not acceptable. Nirmala Sitharaman who was elected to rajya sabha from Karnataka should not have acted like that, Siddaramaiah 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.
