Bill on internal reservation for SCs likely to be placed before next cabinet: K'taka Minister Patil
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka government will introduce a law to “effectively implement” internal reservation among Scheduled Castes (SCs), and a Bill for this purpose is likely to be placed before the cabinet at its next meeting, state Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil said on Thursday.
The state government has already decided on the formula for the internal split, dividing 17 per cent reservation allocated to 101 scheduled castes into three distinct groups, with allocations of 6, 6, and 5 per cent respectively.
"Regarding internal reservation, yesterday, after the discussion involving the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Ministers H C Mahadevappa, K H Muniyappa and I, along with Law and Social Welfare department secretaries regarding bringing a Bill, the Chief Minister had said if the Bill has to be introduced, discuss and bring it before the cabinet. But we could not hold a meeting to discuss the Bill ahead of the cabinet today, so the subject was postponed," Patil said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "In a couple of days, we will hold a meeting and we have decided to try to place the bill before the next cabinet."
The Minister clarified that there won't be any further restructuring of reservation among SCs, and the Bill will be prepared on the basis of the decision the government has taken.
As per the internal reservation formula evolved by the state government, the SC (Right) and SC (Left) will get 6 per cent each, while communities like Lambani, Bhovi, Korma and Korcha, and most backward/ nomadic communities get 5 per cent reservation.
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PM Modi is controlled by Donald Trump, wants to do the same in TN: Rahul Gandhi
Ranipet (Tamil Nadu) (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was being "controlled" by US President Donald Trump and that the PM wanted the AIADMK to capture power so that he could control Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.
Also, he claimed that the prime minister "handed out our energy security and gave away our data, besides selling our farmers and small and medium industries."
"You saw yesterday (in Parliament) the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi completely lacking confidence," Rahul said on the delimitation bill.
"He (PM) could not even face the opposition. He was sitting sideways. And the reason is, he is controlled by the United States. He signed the India-US deal that sold our country out," Rahul said while addressing an election rally here.
He further said, "Today, if Donald Trump tells Modi to jump, Modi jumps. If Donald Trump tells Modi to lie down, Modi lies down. Why? Because Donald Trump controls Modi fully. How does he control him? He controls through the Epstein files. He controls him because he knows Modi's financial systems and understands Modi's link with Adani," the Congress leader alleged.
Just as he was being controlled by Trump, Modi wanted to do the same to the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. "That is why he wants to put AIADMK in power in TN," Rahul said.
The Union government had rejected references to PM Modi in the latest Jeffrey Epstein case files, describing it as “little more than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal that deserves to be dismissed with the utmost contempt”.
