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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected Monday (September 29, 2025) came down heavy connected State BJP leaders for opposing the ongoing Social and Educational Survey, terming their stance “self-contradictory and politically motivated.”
In a strongly-worded statement, the Chief Minister said that the workout being conducted by the Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission is “not confined to immoderate caste oregon religion” but covers the full colonisation of astir 7 crore radical successful Karnataka.
“This is not against anyone, it is for everyone. The intent is to guarantee social, economic, and acquisition equality by giving adjacent stock and opportunities to all,” helium said.
To guarantee equality
“Our authorities began the survey to guarantee equality. The infinitesimal we started, the existent colours of those raising the ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ slogan person been revealed,” the Chief Minister said successful a statement.
Pointing retired that BJP leaders, 1 aft another, are coming retired and urging radical to boycott the survey oregon not uncover definite details, Mr. Siddaramaiah stated, “According to Manuvaada, wealth, opportunities, and practice indispensable stay arsenic they are. The mediocre indispensable stay poor, the backward classes indispensable stay backward, women indispensable stay deprived of opportunities, and inequality betwixt castes and classes indispensable continue. This is the mindset that lies astatine the halfway of BJP leaders.”
For each castes
He maintained that the survey would not lone uncover the conditions of Dalits, backward classes, and minorities, but besides item the plight of the mediocre and deprived among guardant castes — a world that the BJP “does not privation revealed.”
Pointing retired that caste-based socio-economic surveys person already been conducted successful Bihar and Telangana without absorption from the BJP, the Chief Minister questioned the party’s “silence” successful those States and astatine the Centre.
“The Narendra Modi-led authorities itself is preparing to behaviour a caste census. If the BJP opposes our survey, volition it besides reason the Centre’s? Do they person the courageousness to accidental this openly earlier the Prime Minister?” helium asked.
‘Extend co-operation’
“The radical of Karnataka indispensable recognise this self-deceptive behaviour of BJP leaders. Their politically motivated mendacious claims should beryllium thrown into the dustbin. Everyone should enactment whole-heartedly and widen implicit practice successful the ongoing Social, Economic, and Educational Survey. By doing so, together, fto america physique an adjacent nine and crook Karnataka into a plot of bid for each communities,” helium said.
On September 29, Leader of the Opposition successful the Assembly R. Ashok had maintained that there is nary compulsion for radical to supply idiosyncratic information successful the survey, portion different BJP leaders including MP Tejasvi Surya had called for boycotting the survey. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi connected Sunday had expressed apprehension that caste survey information successful Karnataka could beryllium “sold”, raising doubts astir the intentions down the exercise.
