Bengaluru, Oct. 17 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday criticised Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty and her husband and Infosys founder Narayana Murthy for refusing to participate in the State government's caste-based socio-economic survey.

Calling Sudha Murty's understanding of the exercise "wrong," Siddaramiah said that the couple's decision stemmed from misinformation. He questioned whether they would also decline to cooperate if the Centre undertook a similar caste survey.

"It is wrong to think of the survey as a survey of the backward classes," Siddaramaiah told reporters. "The central government will also conduct a caste census in the coming days. Will they still not cooperate? They may be showing such disobedience due to ...