Bengaluru, Nov. 14 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking "urgent intervention" to include the state's SC/ST reservation law in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.

The letter was also sent to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Social Justice Minister Virendra Kumar.

Following the Karnataka High Court's judgement striking down the enhanced reservation of 17 per cent for SCs and 7 per cent for STs, he has urged the Union Government to initiate the necessary constitutional amendment, citing Tamil Nadu's 69 per cent reservation framework as a precedent, and ensure a time-bound decision to protect the interests of Karnataka's SC/ST communities.

The letter concerns the ...