Yaduveer questions move to conduct caste census ‘hastily’

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MP for Mysuru Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar addressing a property   conscionable   successful  Mysuru connected  Sunday.

MP for Mysuru Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar addressing a property conscionable successful Mysuru connected Sunday. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram

MP for Mysuru Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has questioned the Congress government’s determination to ‘hastily’ behaviour the Socio Economic and Educational Survey, besides known arsenic caste census, successful the State.

Addressing a property league present connected Sunday, Mr. Yaduveer said the caste census scheduled to statesman from September 22 coincides with Dasara festivities erstwhile radical are engaged travelling and officials tied up with festival duties.

“Will it beryllium imaginable to get close data?,” helium questioned, portion pointing retired that the earlier workout conducted by the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes headed by Kantharaj astatine a outgo of ₹190 crore had been dumped.

He besides urged the State authorities to reappraisal whether it was indispensable to behaviour a caller caste census astatine a outgo of ₹440 crore erstwhile the Centre is besides expected to instrumentality up a akin caste survey on with the wide census.

Pointing retired to the request to instrumentality up different developmental works including filling up potholes, Mr. Yaduveer said the State authorities should springiness a superior thought to conducting a caller caste survey by spending specified immense sum money.

Also, Mr. Yaduveer besides questioned the propriety of the Congress party’s cardinal enactment rejecting the earlier caste census. The radical of the State had elected the State authorities headed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and immoderate determination connected rejecting the caste census should beryllium taken by the elected authorities and not by the party’s Central leaders, helium said.

Referring to Mr. Siddaramaiah’s connection pursuing the determination to cull the earlier census that the caller survey volition beryllium modeled connected the lines of the caste census conducted by the Telangana government, Mr. Yaduveer wondered whether the Chief Minister did not person assurance successful the caste census conducted during his earlier tenure.

Mr. Yaduveer reiterated his absorption to the instauration of ‘artificial’ sub castes successful the upcoming survey. He said the substance had already been brought to the announcement of Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot.

He suspected that the determination could beryllium aimed astatine dividing the Hindu society.

Published - September 21, 2025 07:26 p.m. IST

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