The protest was called by the Karnataka State Federation of Dalit Right Groups, which alleged that their population was undercounted and hence, the quantum of reservation has been reduced.
The federation urged the government to reject the report and conduct the survey afresh for providing internal reservations. It alleged that more than 40 lakh people belonging to various sub-castes under Dalit right groups were either kept out of the purview of the survey or were not enumerated at all.
Instead of the Dalit right groups, members of other castes have been included in Chitradurga, the federation said. Besides, more than 40% of the people under Bengaluru city limits have not been accounted for, it added.
Instead of carrying out the survey for a projected population of 1.47 crore, the survey has been restricted to 1.16 crore people, out of whom, 1.05 crore people were surveyed, according to the leaders of the federation.
The report was also faulted for not adhering to the norms stipulated for recommending the reservations based on sub-castes. Community leaders allege that faulty enumeration has led to serious errors in data collection, and hence the recommendations are based on false figures.
Urging the State government to reject the report, the federation warned that all elected representatives from the SC community in Congress will have to face the consequences. In case the report was accepted by the government, all MLAs and Ministers belonging to SC right groups should tender their resignation, the federation added.
Courtesy : The Hindu
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