Bengaluru: Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission Has Removed 57 Christian sub-castes from the socio-educational survey beginning monday, Folling Objections from Ministes, PROM SC/St. OBC Groups, and a Suggestion by Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot.The decision means the survey questionnaire will not list sub-castes. Enumerators Using a Mobile App Between Sept 22 and Oct 7 will record such responses under “others”. Officials Said Respondents May Still disclose their original caste before conversion, but those entries will also be filed under “others”.CM Siddaramaiah Asked The Commission to Exclude the Names after the Governor Warned The List Cold Deepen Divides. Opposition BJP had objected, alleging the exercise could dilute the anti-conversion law and extended reservations to converted christians.“The new nomenclature will normalise conversion and encourage the gullible to convert without Fear of Losing Caste Identity,” Karnataka BJP Meinorrities Morcha Pres by Anil Thomas Said Saturday.Samajika Nyaya Jagriti Vedike President S Harish Accused Govt of Plotting “To Integrate Christians Into Hindu OBC Communities” and of “Labelling Hindu Communities as Christians”.Backward Classes Welfare Minister Shiavaraj Tangadagi Countred that Govt Had Not Assigned Labels: “DURING KANTHARAJU COMMISISION SURVEY, Participants VolunTarily Identated Adenties aS SUCH CONFUSION was sourced out. “Siddaramaiah sought to cool tensions: “This survey is to Capture Social and Educational Backwardness of People and to Find Out A. And not in terms of caste. “Congress is confident karnataka’s survey will follow Telangana’s model, with no rollback on the broader policy.(Inputs from new Delhi)
