Oppn leader Chalavadi Narayanaswamy seeks security, writes to council chairman
Bengaluru: Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council, Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, has written to Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti, urging him to direct the state government to restore security at his residence, which was allegedly withdrawn without prior notice.
In separate letters addressed on Friday to the Chairman, Chief Minister, Home Minister, Chief Secretary, and the Director General of Police, Narayanaswamy stated, “As the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, I have been facing incidents driven by political vendetta for the past few months, causing serious concern for my safety and that of my family.”
Citing an incident on May 21 at the Chittapur government guesthouse, he said, “I was placed under house arrest and not allowed to leave the premises. Though I brought this to the attention of concerned authorities, no complaint was registered, nor was any action taken against those responsible.”
He further alleged that in recent days, he has been receiving death threat calls from unidentified persons, and defamatory as well as threatening posts have been circulating on social media. “Amid such a situation, the security personnel deployed at my residence have been withdrawn abruptly and without reason. This appears to be a politically motivated move, reflecting the politics of hatred,” he stated.
Narayanaswamy also mentioned a social media post made by one Shivaraj Muttannavar, who allegedly wrote on Facebook: “If Chalavadi Narayanaswamy opposes ST reservation for Kurubas, I will burn him alive.” He described this as a direct threat to his life and demanded legal action against the individual.
“The sudden withdrawal of security provided to my residence is unreasonable and unjustified. Such actions strengthen my suspicion that a conspiracy and hate politics are being carried out against me,” he wrote.
“As the Leader of the Opposition, ensuring my safety is the moral and legal responsibility of the government,” he asserted.
Narayanaswamy requested that security at his residence be reinstated immediately, legal proceedings be initiated against Shivaraj Muttannavar for issuing life threats, and necessary instructions be given to ensure the safety of himself and his family in the coming days.
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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".
