Karnataka BJP says state administration has 'collapsed' amid Congress infighting
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra on Tuesday alleged that the state administration has "completely collapsed" due to infighting and a power tussle within the ruling Congress.
Highlighting the "failures" of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led dispensation, he accused it of pushing the state towards "economic trouble".
"No development works are happening and MLAs are in distress due to lack of development in their constituencies. In between this there are claims about the November revolution. It is not BJP leaders who are speaking about the November revolution, the ruling Congress legislators and Ministers are speaking about it," Vijayendra told reporters here.
He said instead of addressing farmers' distress, the ruling party is engaging in discussions regarding possible change of Chief Minister.
There have been speculations about leadership change in November, when the Congress government reaches the halfway mark of its five-year term, which is being referred to by some as "November revolution".
Claiming that people of the state have lost faith in this government because of its infigiting and the CM having to repeatedly assert that would complete his term, Vijayendra said, "The legislators in the ruling party have lost trust in the Chief Minister and there is infighting, the administration has completely collapsed."
Referring to state Home Minister G Parameshwara's statement that speculations over a leadership change has affected governance, he said, "The government and the CM seem to be pushing the state towards economic trouble. They are unable to pay government employees, no developmental projects."
There has been speculation within state's political circles, especially within the ruling Congress, for some time now about the Chief Minister change later this year, citing alleged power-sharing agreement involving incumbent Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar.
He accused the Congress government of "failing" to provide relief to farmers in distress, and instead blaming the central government.
"It is unfortunate that the Chief Minister and the Congress government are unable to respond to the concerns of the farmers. This government is as good as dead for the farmers," he said.
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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".
