Congress tells Karnataka govt to recount castes

THE CONGRESS HIGH command directed the party's government in Karnataka Tuesday to conduct a recount of castes, two months after the findings of a report on a 10-year-old survey created a rift in the party and drew criticism from the politically dominant Vokkaliga and Lingayat communities and some non-Kuruba backward classes.

- MANOJ C G & AKRAM M New Delhi/BENGALURU, June 10

The decision on a recount was taken at a meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi held with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar in Delhi. AICC general secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal and AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Surjewala were also present.