Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka Congress govt pushes caste census, creates 48 ‘Hindu-Christian’ castes; a blatant ploy to fracture Hindu society

The politics of caste in Karnataka has once again flared up, this time with a shocking twist. Hindu caste names are being suffixed with Christian in the draft caste census. As per Mangalorean.com  the Congress-led state government has decided to revive the caste enumeration exercise from September 22 to October 7, claiming it will help design development schemes. But opposition and Hindu organizations allege this is nothing more than a dangerous social experiment aimed at creating new vote banks and extending caste-based benefits even to those who have converted to Christianity.