The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Monday suspended 10 civic officers for purported negligence in conducting the caste census ordered by the state authorities.
The train to gather data concerning members of 101 communities falling underneath the Scheduled Caste class has been mired in controversy because it was launched in Bengaluru on June 23.
A number of residents have alleged that QR-coded stickers marking Scheduled Caste (SC) households have been pasted on buildings, autos, and even tea stalls in a random method.
In 2015, the Congress authorities spent ₹170 Cr on a caste census in Karnataka, then blamed canines for its flaws. Now in Bengaluru, BBMP is pasting caste stickers with out gathering any knowledge. From canines to data-less drama, Congress’s thought of social justice is a comedy of errors. pic.twitter.com/aKUqspfI0G
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Suralkar Vikas Kishore, Particular Commissioner (Welfare), BBMP, admitted to gaps in finishing up the census. He, nonetheless, stated, “If the sticker is pasted on a non-SC home, they will simply ignore it and if the home occupants belong to the SC neighborhood, then they will name the helpline quantity, and the sector officers will go to them. Or they will take part within the survey on-line through the use of the QR-coded sticker.”
“Now we have suspended 10 officers for his or her shoddy work, and we are going to provoke motion towards them. However these stickers don’t point out that the survey is accomplished,” he added.
In the meantime, a number of Bengaluru residents flagged points referring to the survey on social media.
“Please let me know the caste of HONDA ACTIVA!” one social media person sarcastically posted on X after he noticed the sticker on his two-wheeler.
In one other case, BBMP officers allegedly tried to stick the QR-coded sticker on a constructing in Chikkalasandra with out chatting with the residents.
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Shashank, son of the home proprietor, stated, “We had been inside the home once they (BBMP officers) arrived. They didn’t ask for any particulars and failed to point out their ID playing cards. After we advised them that they might not paste the sticker with out gathering the main points, the BBMP officers assaulted us. We went to the Subramanyapura police station to file a criticism. The civic officers, thereafter, apologised to us, so we returned with out submitting a criticism.”
Medha S, a resident of Puttenahalli, stated, “These persons are pasting the stickers like how product gross sales executives throw pamphlets inside homes. They’re doing this regardless of figuring out that there are occupants in the home.”
Reacting to the controversy, Karnataka BJP president B Y Vijayendra stated on X, “The so-called Caste Survey is nothing greater than a hole spectacle, orchestrated by CM Siddaramaiah with no actual political will to implement it meaningfully. This train – born out of the Congress authorities’s continued apathy in direction of inner reservation – has now develop into a topic of public mockery. Media experiences and citizen accounts level to a farcical execution, the place enumerators merely paste stickers and go away with none real engagement with residents.”
“Let’s not overlook: the Kantharaj Fee report was submitted in 2015. But, throughout his full five-year time period as Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah selected to not act on it. CM Siddaramaiah should cease deceptive marginalised communities with half-hearted theatrics. The folks of Karnataka don’t want empty guarantees – they deserve outcomes,” he added.
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The BBMP has claimed that it has until now recognized over 6.7 lakh SC people after overlaying greater than 1.8 lakh SC households within the metropolis.