<p>Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah on Saturday held talks with a backward classes delegation on mounting pressure on the government to accept the socio-economic survey, which is better known as the caste census. </p>.<p>The delegation that met Siddaramaiah consisted of former backward classes commission chairpersons C S Dwarakanath and H Kantharaj, MLC P R Ramesh, former MLC M C Venugopal, former Kannada Development Authority chairperson Mukhyamantri Chandru, Kurubara Sangha general secretary D Venkatesh Murthy and others. </p>.<p>The caste census, officially the Social and Educational Survey 2015, was commissioned by the then Siddaramaiah-led Congress government. The report of the census, on which the state government has spent about Rs 167 crore, is currently with the Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission. </p>.<p>The report is yet to be made public as successive governments are said to be wary of a backlash from upper castes whose numerical strength may get altered. </p>.<p>According to sources, Siddaramaiah is planning to take this up in a big way. He will soon write to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, urging him to accept the caste census report. He is also discussing a massive rally in favour of the caste census, sources said. </p>.<p>By doing this, Siddaramaiah, a Kuruba, will look to consolidate the Ahinda, the Kannada acronym for minorities, backward classes and Dalits.</p>
<p>Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah on Saturday held talks with a backward classes delegation on mounting pressure on the government to accept the socio-economic survey, which is better known as the caste census. </p>.<p>The delegation that met Siddaramaiah consisted of former backward classes commission chairpersons C S Dwarakanath and H Kantharaj, MLC P R Ramesh, former MLC M C Venugopal, former Kannada Development Authority chairperson Mukhyamantri Chandru, Kurubara Sangha general secretary D Venkatesh Murthy and others. </p>.<p>The caste census, officially the Social and Educational Survey 2015, was commissioned by the then Siddaramaiah-led Congress government. The report of the census, on which the state government has spent about Rs 167 crore, is currently with the Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission. </p>.<p>The report is yet to be made public as successive governments are said to be wary of a backlash from upper castes whose numerical strength may get altered. </p>.<p>According to sources, Siddaramaiah is planning to take this up in a big way. He will soon write to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, urging him to accept the caste census report. He is also discussing a massive rally in favour of the caste census, sources said. </p>.<p>By doing this, Siddaramaiah, a Kuruba, will look to consolidate the Ahinda, the Kannada acronym for minorities, backward classes and Dalits.</p>