Bengaluru, April 15 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday held a meeting with Congress MLAs, MLCs, and Ministers from the Vokkaliga community at his residence in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on the caste census issue.

Earlier, Shivakumar said that they would collect the opinions of Vokkaliga legislators on the caste census during the meeting.

"We will collect the opinions of Vokkaliga legislators on the caste census during the meeting. I haven't gone through the entire caste census report, we are studying it. I would discuss the census with the legislators and advise them to respect the sentiments of all communities," he added.

Karnataka Minister Ramalinga Reddy said that the Caste Census report will be discussed in a sp...