The State Permanent Backward Classes Commission has prepared the caste census or socio-economic survey report and is waiting for a signal for the CM to submit it. Lingayat-Veerashaivas are the politically influential caste group. They are said to have backed the Congress in the May 10 assembly polls helping it win a landslide. Vokkaligas, the second largest community, have already petitioned the CM urging him not to accept the report, and the signatories include Deputy CM DK Shivakumar and Agriculture Minister N Cheluvarayaswamy, besides some Congress MLAs.
Mandya: While Mandya district authorities, including the police department, have been holding brainstorming sessions to prevent accidents and fataliti.
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Mysuru: Association of former mayors of Mysuru on Thursday condemned senior Congress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa over representation to Lingayat .