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The Siddaramaiah government had earlier conducted an ethnic survey in 2015, but the report was not released due to pressure from Vokkaliga and Lingayat communities.
The Karnataka government is going to conduct caste census again in the state. Deputy CM DK Shivkumar said on Tuesday that this process will be transparent and the interests of all classes will be protected. The state cabinet will do the work of fixing the survey deadline and its report will be prepared in 90 days.
The decision was taken after the high level meeting in Delhi with State Leadership Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was also present in the meeting.
After the meeting, Siddaramaiah said, “Many communities and ministers had expressed concern about the caste survey. In view of this, the party leadership has decided to get caste calculations again.”
The Siddaramaiah government had earlier conducted an ethnic survey in 2015, but its report was not released due to pressure from Vokkaliga and Lingayat communities.
Shivkumar said- Survey will be fair
Deputy CM DK Shivkumar said that this survey will be fair and all communities will be taken along. People living outside Karnataka will also be able to participate in this survey through online.
Shivkumar said, “People do not need to be afraid of the government. We will do justice by winning the trust of all. This is our party’s commitment.”
There was a dispute over the leaking of 2015 report in April
The Social, Economic and Educational Survey 2015 report was prepared by the Karnataka Backward Classes Commission. It was to be introduced in the Siddaramaiah cabinet on 17 April. Earlier it was leaked and controversy. Because of this it could not be introduced.
The state’s most influential Vokkaliga and Veerashaiva-Lingayat community raised the Siddaramaiah government in the dock, questioning this survey. The Commission had said that it has made this report by surveying 5.98 crore people out of 6.35 crore population of the state.
Allegations of Vokkaliga-Lingats- Karnataka government reduced our population
The population of the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community in Karnataka has been 18% to 22%. 9 former CMs of the state lived from this community, but in the leaked report they have been described as 11%. Their population is estimated at 66.35 lakhs. They are placed in class category 3-B along with other Lingayat sub-castes and communities.
The Vokkaliga population was stated to be 10.29% (61.58 lakh), while the old Mysore region has a population of up to 16%. 7 former CMs have been from this community. The difference between the two major communities in this report is less than 1%. The 224-member assembly of the state has 50 MLAs from Veerashaiva-Lingayat and more than 40 MLAs from Vokkaliga.
The Commission had recommended to increase the total existing reservation from 50% to 73.5%.
OBCs were described as the highest population of 70% of the leaked report. The existing reservation was recommended to increase from 32% to 51%. There have been 5 CMs including Siddaramaiah from this class.
Muslims are 18.08%, which was 12.6% in 2015. It was recommended to increase reservation from 4% to 8%. The Commission recommended the total existing reservation from 50% to 73.5%. The reservation limit of EWS kept only 10%.
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