Siddaramaiah puts forth questionnaire on people’s woes, tells PM, ‘AnswerMadiModi’
Who’s responsible for such problems, ex-CM asks Modi on Twitter
Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday presented a questionnaire for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in relation to the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections.
Asking, “Who’s responsible for this?” and tagging it ‘AnswerMadiModi’, Siddaramaiah has tweeted his questions relating to people’s problems, including poor quality of roads, increase in criminal activities and assault of people belonging to SC-ST.
“PM Modi is currently in Karnataka and speaking a lot, yet the corruption in the state has forced the presidents of the contractors’ association and of the aided education societies’ association to write to the Prime Minister himself to help them out,” the former Chief Minister said.
“During the Congress government tenure, Bengaluru was called ‘Garden City’, ‘Silicon City’, ‘IT-BT Capital’ and ‘SmartApp Capital’. Now, after the administration of the BJP government, however, Bengaluru is being called the ‘Crime Capital’ on account of the pothole-filled roads and poor management of floods,” he said, and added, “The NCRB Report states that 72 per cent of the theft cases in metropolitan cities occur in Bengaluru. This has tarnished the image of the city.”
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Bengaluru was the most popular haunt for entrepreneurs during the Congress administration, but, under the BJP government, the state capital slipped to No 17 in the list, said Siddaramaiah.
He also alleged that, due to the increase in crime rate in Bengaluru, fall in quality of amenities and bad condition of roads, Bengaluru had fallen to very low levels in the world habitability index.
“In the last three years, 31 people lost their lives due to the potholes on Bengaluru roads,” he pointed out in his tweet.
Referring to traffic congestion, the Congress leader said that the 48 per cent traffic congestion in Bengaluru had led the city to be called a city of traffic jams too. The people had been wasting a lot of their time getting caught in such congestion on the roads, he added.
“The rate of assault of people belonging to SC/ST communities has increased by 18 per cent in 2021,” Siddaramaiah pointed out, and also said, “The number of cases filed under the NDPS Act has increased by 1493 per cent, while immoral trafficking has also increased in 2021 by 61 per cent.”
The former Chief Minister tweeted, “Since the government has not permitted the implementation of the Mekedaatu Project to provide drinking water to Bengaluru City, the residents of Bengaluru are struggling for want of water. The people are forced to use private borewells and tankers to fulfill their potable water needs.”
He closes the questionnaire asking PM Modi, “Who’s responsible for this?” and demanding that the Prime Minister answer the question.
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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.
