Veteran Congress chief and former Karnataka Chief Minister M Veerappa Moily has raised severe considerations in regards to the credibility of the state’s long-delayed caste survey, arguing that solely a brand new, scientifically carried out examine can replicate the true socio-economic and caste composition of Karnataka’s inhabitants.
Congress chief Veerappa Moily. (ANI)
Talking to The New Indian Categorical in an interview, Moily stated the info from the 2015 survey, carried out by the Kantharaj Fee, was outdated, unscientific, and probably divisive. “There is a need for a resurvey,” he stated. “We will get an accurate figure only through a fresh survey. Else, the people will dispute the numbers.”
The leak of key particulars from the report, which stays formally unreleased, has triggered political and public outrage. Outstanding caste teams like Lingayats and Vokkaligas are reportedly proven to have considerably smaller populations than beforehand believed, resulting in friction throughout the Congress and calls for for clarification.
Moily warned that the info, if carried out as is, might polarise society and threaten social cohesion. He cited inconsistencies within the reported rise in Muslim inhabitants, claimed to be 4 per cent to six per cent increased, whereas a number of most-backward teams seem underrepresented. “That’s why there is a doubt that the survey was not done scientifically,” he stated in line with the publication.
He additionally questioned how the Lingayat inhabitants might have declined because the Chinnappa Reddy Fee’s report throughout his personal tenure in 1992. “Ideally, the numbers should only go up,” he added.
With mounting stress, a latest cupboard assembly ended with out consensus, and the federal government is anticipated to revisit the problem on Might 2. Moily indicated that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s cupboard was deliberating on a extra acceptable and dependable model of the report, particularly with many ministers representing backward and most-backward sections.
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‘Most scientific’
Terming the caste census as a “most scientific” train, Karnataka Residence Minister G Parameshwara on stated the cupboard will take a call on its implementation after listening to opinion of all of the Ministers.
His feedback come amidst opposition to the survey report from varied sections of the society calling it “unscientific”. They’ve demanded that it’s rejected, and a contemporary survey be carried out.
A particular cupboard assembly convened to deliberate on the caste census report on final week had ended inconclusive, reportedly amid inner variations throughout the authorities.
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