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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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
