Amid din over Bengaluru stampede, Congress orders new Karnataka caste survey | India News

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: Congress determined Tuesday to undertake a recent caste survey in Karnataka, citing rumblings throughout the state’s dominant communities in regards to the reliability of the 2015 enumeration information, and asking CM Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar to focus on a 60- to 80-day timeframe for the train.Sources stated the instant incentive for the Congress brass to push the train was to ship one thing that will doubtlessly take the warmth off the Siddaramaiah govt amid an accountability disaster within the aftermath of the June 4 Bengaluru stampede by which 11 cricket followers died.Also learn: Congress prime brass raps state unit for Bengaluru stampede“The party agrees in principle with the state govt on addressing the concerns of some communities that have reservations about caste data, which is a decade old and outdated. Hence, the party suggested re-enumeration within a stipulated time,” AICC common secretary KC Venugopal stated.The determination successfully signifies that the Kantharaj Commission’s 2015 report goes into deep freeze, though Venugopal stated it could be “discussed” at a cupboard assembly scheduled for Thursday.Siddaramaiah stated the proposed re-enumeration would mimic the continuing survey of Scheduled Castes within the state and would doubtless be accomplished inside three months.Leaked information from the Kantharaj Commission’s report recommend Siddaramaiah’s core vote financial institution of Ahinda (Kannada acronym for minorities, backward courses and Dalits) has grown exponentially, in comparison with the Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities.Congress insiders advised that CM’s reluctance, if any, to just accept the choice to conduct a recent caste survey can be balanced by the prospect of the stampede backlash getting “lost in the new noise”.Deputy CM Shivakumar stated the choice was meant to allow everybody to resubmit data throughout house-to-house surveys and thru on-line submissions. “Since this process would be an extensive one, we will decide the strategy at the next cabinet meeting. CM will then announce the timeline.”