India, May 1 -- Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara, a prominent Dalit leader in Karnataka Congress, said that the caste census report recently submitted to the state cabinet as a "scientific" document while acknowledging that there could be errors. In an interview with the HT, he spoke about certain groups unhappy with the findings of caste census, accusation of minority appeasement and his anguish over Dalit leaders not getting prominence in Karnataka. Edited excerpts.

You have said the caste census report is the most scientific one. However, why is it being opposed by some quarters?

Some communities were expecting their numbers to be high and now feel they have been undercounted. Enumeration of 95% of the population was done in th...