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Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi has said that the ongoing societal and acquisition survey is being misused to promote spiritual conversions among Hindus.
Speaking to presspersons successful Dharwad connected Thursday, Mr. Joshi said that portion they person nary objection to conducting the survey adjacent arsenic the Union authorities is scheduled to clasp a caste census, their objection is to asking unnecessary idiosyncratic questions connected the pretext of survey.
Mr. Joshi said that presumption similar Christian Lingayat, Christian Brahmin were successful the survey and sought to cognize is it truly indispensable to inquire for accusation connected idiosyncratic affiliation with societal organisations.
He clarified that their objection is not to the survey related to caste but is against enumerators asking irrelevant question and seeking unwanted information.
Mr. Joshi adjacent said that the survey is being conducted by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to prevention his seat and to appease Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra.
“While Mr. Siddaramaiah is claiming that helium volition person a five-year term, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s followers are claiming that his word volition extremity adjacent month. Actually, Mr. Shivakumar and the Vokkalinga seers person demanded postponing the survey. Does it mean that Mr. Shivakumar is himself against the survey,” helium asked.
