Muslims should get what is due to them: Maulana Mohammed Maqsood Imran Rashadi
Bengaluru (PTI): Chief Imam and Khateeb of Jamia Masjid in Bengaluru Maulana Mohammed Maqsood Imran Rashadi on Thursday said Muslims should be given whatever is due for them, with regard to the four per cent reservation for them in jobs.
The BJP government led by Basavaraj Bommai decided to scrap the four per cent reservation for Muslims in government jobs and educational institutions weeks ahead of Karnataka Assembly polls on May 10.
The Chief Imam was reacting to the Supreme Court's observation that the Karnataka government's decision raising the quota for Vokkaligas and Lingayats by two per cent each while scrapping the four per cent reservation for OBC Muslims prima facie appeared to be on a "highly shaky ground" and "flawed".
The Karnataka government made the 2B category redundant by removing the four per cent reservation given to the Muslims and placed them in the Economically Weaker Section category.
At the same time, the government distributed the four per cent equally to Vokkaligas in 2C and Lingayats in 2D category of the OBC. The government also said that the reservation for Muslims in Category-1 and 2A of the Other Backward Castes has not been touched.
"We believe that whatever is due for Muslims should be given just as others are getting. Rest is left to Allah whom we believe in," Rashadi told PTI.
He asserted that the four per cent reservation under the 2B category of the Other Backward Castes to the Muslims was not on the basis of religion but community. Muslims were getting the reservation as was given to others.
"Government has said that this reservation was on the basis of religion and this was wrong and baseless. This was the reason why we approached the Supreme Court," the maulana said.
The court has posted the matter for further hearing on April 18.
Meanwhile, retired IAS officer S M Jamadar, who spearheaded a campaign for separate Lingayat religion, welcomed the decision saying that the apex court had made an appropriate, just and fair observation.
"Just for the sake of election and to woo people, denying the rights of a community is unheard of and unthinkable," the retired officer said.
There was no immediate reaction from the Vokkaliga Sangha. Also, neither the government nor the opposition Congress or the JD(S) reacted to the development.
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'The Ba**ds of Bollywood’ mirrors my life, damages my reputation: Sameer Wankhede tells Delhi HC
New Delhi: IRS officer Sameer Wankhede has submitted his reply to the Delhi High Court in the defamation case he filed against Red Chillies Entertainment, the production company owned by actor Shah Rukh Khan. The case pertains to the recently released series The Ba**ds of Bollywood*, which Wankhede claims has defamed him.
In his statement to the court, Wankhede asserted that the show’s portrayal of a police officer is clearly based on him and has caused serious harm to his public image. He cited four key reasons supporting his claim.
First, he said the character in question bears physical similarities to him, including facial and body features. Second, he noted that the character’s working style and mannerisms closely resemble his own.
Third, Wankhede highlighted that the officer in the show is depicted making a high-profile arrest involving a major film personality, which he said directly mirrors his own involvement in the Aryan Khan drug case.
Fourth, he pointed out that the character frequently uses the phrase “Satyameva Jayate,” a motto he himself had used during media interactions in the course of that investigation. He argued that using the national motto in such a context cannot be dismissed as creative expression or humour.
Wankhede also referred to an interview in which Aryan Khan allegedly admitted that the show was “inspired by some real events.” This, he said, contradicts Red Chillies Entertainment’s claim that The Ba**ds of Bollywood* is purely fictional.
He further alleged that the tone and intent of the series indicate personal and institutional vendetta, aimed at discrediting and defaming him rather than engaging in artistic storytelling.
Wankhede informed the court that the fallout from the show has affected his family, with his wife and sister receiving abusive and vulgar messages online.
Rejecting Red Chillies’ argument that he is a “thin-skinned” officer, Wankhede said that a public servant cannot be expected to tolerate false and damaging portrayals simply because of his position. He emphasized that his legal action seeks to protect the constitutional rights and dignity of both himself and his family.
