Bengaluru, June 11 -- Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council, said on Wednesday that the Congress government has brought up the caste census issue to divert attention from the Bengaluru stampede.

Speaking to ANI, Narayanaswamy emphasised that the caste census conducted by the Centre will give the real picture, not the Karnataka government's one.

"The Congress High Command called the state Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister about the (Bengaluru) stampede... Because of their mismanagement, 11 people died and many were injured... To protect the CM and the Deputy CM, they are trying to divert this issue with a caste census... The Centre is going to conduct a census very shortly. They...