Missing out on papers, Congress fissures stall Karnataka caste census

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Wednesday deferred by a month its plan to accept the controversial caste census report amid reports
of deep divisions within the governing Congress, stiff opposition by dominant communities, including by deputy CM DK Shivakumar, and a part
caste census, is submitted to the government.Commission chairperson Jayaprakash Hegde, whose tenure ends on November 26, was supposed to
submit the report by November 24
CM's son Yathindra Siddaramaiah embroiled in controversy over viral video; JD(S) and BJP target SiddaramaiahHegde clarified that only the
He added that the numerical break-up of different castes is intact
helped us finalise the report speedily
What put Siddaramaiah in a spot is Shivakumar being a signatory to a memorandum submitted to him by Vokkaliga community leaders requesting
to reject the caste census report along with the data