Yogesh K Porwar
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public debate on the report must: Bommai.
Former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai urged the state government to clarify whether the report which was received was the Kantharaj report or Jayprakash Hegde report.
He told reporters here on Thursday that the order issued to the then Backward Classes Commission Chairman Kantharaj was not for the caste census. Since it was the poll time,the then CM Siddaramaiah refused to accept it.
Besides,four to five petitions have been pending before the Supreme Court about who should conduct the caste census.
In the current report,some sub-castes have been seperated from the main castes and it was vice-versa in case of other castes.
The state government must clarify it’s stand on the report.There must be a public debate on the report.The BJP was not against the backward classes but justice must be done to all based on the population.
The report must not be used for politics in the coming Lok Sabha polls, Bommai said.
