Siddu: My govt will accept caste census report

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said his government will accept the caste census report this November or December.

Speaking to reporters here, he said the report will be tabled before the cabinet where discussions will take place. After the discussions we will take the next course of action, Siddaramaiah said.

"Now, he (Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes Chairman Jayaprakash Hegde) has said that he will submit the report in November or December, which we will accept," Siddaramaiah said.

He charged that during his previous tenure as the Chief Minister, the then chairman the Commission H Kantharaj had conducted the survey, which three previous chief ministers namely H D Kumaraswamy, B S Yediyurappa and Basavaraj Bommai declined to receive it.

Earlier, Siddaramaiah claimed it was his gover nment, which conducted the caste census for the first time in the country.

"We got the caste census done to know the socio-economic condition of various castes but successive governments did not receive the report," the CM said. (PTI)