With the Social and Education Survey, popularly known as ‘caste census’ commencing in Karnataka on Monday, state BJP President B Y Vijayendra accused the Congress government and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of trying to divide the Hindu society, and called it “unfortunate”.
He termed the caste census as the “misadventure” of the state government, despite it not having any powers to conduct such a survey.
“The caste census has reached the High Court…the chief minister, who should be thinking about the development of the state, is involving himself in attempts to divide the Hindu society. This is an unfortunate thing for the state,” Vijayendra said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, “People are discussing it. People and society have become aware now, but there is a need for Hindu society to become more aware. This misadventure of the state government, despite them not having any powers to do the cast census is condemnable. We will see what happens at the court.”
The survey by the
