Bengaluru, April 18 -- Amid the criticism over the caste census report in Karnataka, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chalavadi Narayanaswamy on Friday accused the Congress-led Karnataka government of "creating vote-bank".

Narayanaswamy who is also the Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka's Legislative Council, told ANI, "Conducting caste census is the job of the Centre, not the State. There is also talk of creating reservation categories. They are doing this to create their vote bank..."

Replying to a query, he said, " "BJP Janakrosh Yatra against Karnataka Govt will be held across the state. Prices of all commodities have been hiked by the state government. This government is deep in corruption."

Meanwhile, the special cabinet me...