Bengaluru, April 16 -- Former Karnataka Minister and BJP MP Dr K Sudhakar on Wednesday alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is using the caste survey report as a political manoeuvre to consolidate his position and send a message to the Congress high command against any move to unseat him.
Addressing the media here, Dr Sudhakar said Siddaramaiah's sudden push to implement the long-shelved caste survey report is aimed at projecting himself as the undisputed leader of the Congress party's traditional support base.
"He wants to show the high command that numerically strong communities are behind him, and any attempt to destabilise him could cost the party politically. It is not about social justice; it is about political survival," Dr Sud...