Caste Census: Siddaramaiah Hails Center’s decision, seeking socioeconomics, education survey
The caste-based census will help the government propose a science-based retention policy. The Supreme Court has also repeatedly stressed that such investigations are required whenever a case is reviewed in connection with a reservation case.
Siddaramaiah praised AICC leader Rahul Gandhi for what he said was a consistent campaign to require a caste census and increase the cap on bookings. Prime Minister Narenda Modi may not accept his decision being influenced by Gandhi’s campaign, but the state will accept it, CM said.
The popular development is that the BJP, which once attacked the government, said that the caste census would bring public tensions and divide the Indian teaching associations, finally accepting the importance of the caste census.
When I served as Deputy Chief Minister of Dharam Singh’s Government, we formed a permanent backward committee and decided to conduct a caste census as well as a socio-economic education survey. The decision was not implemented and was put on hold for various reasons. Caste is the reality of Indian social structure. Denied that this is self-deception. We can only eliminate castes by first acknowledging it and then work hard to maintain the sustained economic and social inequality. I firmly believe in this. I firmly believe this is a social, economic and educational act. “Step have been taken to modify the booking policy and increase the cap by 50% based on this data,” CM said in a statement. “I urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi to condemn the BJP’s Karnataka leaders and advise them not to get in the way of this effort.”
Siddaramaiah said that just as the BJP initially mocked our five guarantee plans and later adopted them, the Modi government’s decision to implement the caste census proved that Congress’s policies stem from public welfare. “The Karnataka government’s caste-based social, economic and educational survey is a powerful model. We are ready to expand any guidance or support that the union government may need.”
The Karnataka Cabinet, a special situated in Bangalore, held two weeks ago in Bangalore, discussed the findings of the controversial caste census and will be held again on May 2 for discussion.
Some ministers representing the dominant Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities conveyed the emotions of their community and religious directors and registered their protests in the committees of the back class, breaking their communities. They say the wise anatomy of the seed shows that in reality, the community population has dropped sharply.
