Siddaramaiah assures personal info will not be misused 'Caste census'

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who was enumerated on Thursday for the ongoing Social and Educational Survey–widely referred to as the “caste census”–, said the survey was not limited to any one caste, but a scientific effort to shed light on the lives of everyone in the state.

Calling on everyone to participate in the survey, he assured that the personal information gathered will definitely not be misused.

The survey, being conducted by the Karnataka State Commission for



Backward Classes, began on September 22, and was scheduled to end on October 7. However, the state government decided to extend the survey till October 18.

“I have successfully fulfilled my duty by providing information to the staff who visited my house for the social and educational survey conducted by our government through the Backward Classes Commission. Our government has undertaken this survey with the aim of eliminating inequality and poverty and building an equal society,” Siddaramaiah said in a post on ‘X’.