PTI | | Posted by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath
Apr 17, 2025 07:58 PM IST
Minister Ramalinga Reddy, chatting with reporters after the cupboard assembly, stated that CM Siddaramaiah has requested ministers to provide their opinion in writing.
A particular cupboard that was convened to debate the contentious Socio-Financial and Training Survey report, popularly often called ‘caste census’ in Karnataka on Thursday, ended with none main choice, official sources stated.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah reportedly requested his ministers to provide their opinion in writing concerning the caste census. (HT_PRINT)
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Minister Ramalinga Reddy, speaking to reporters after the cabinet meeting, said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has asked ministers to give their opinion in writing or verbally before the next cabinet meeting.
Various communities, especially Karnataka’s two dominant ones — Vokkaligas and Veershaiva-Lingayats — have expressed strong reservations about the survey that has been done, calling it “unscientific”, and have demanded that it be rejected, and a fresh survey be conducted.
Objections have also been raised by various sections of society, and there are also strong voices against it from within the ruling Congress.
However, not everyone is opposed. Leaders and organisations representing Dalits and OBCs among others, are in support of it, and want the government to make the survey report public and proceed with it, stating the government has spent about ₹160 crore public money on it.
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With strong disapproval from the two politically influential communities, the survey report may turn out to be a political hot potato for the government, as it may set the stage for a confrontation, with Dalits and OBCs among others demanding for it to be made public and implemented.
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