Bengaluru: Expressing strong reservation about the Government’s decision to vest the Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement (DCRE) coming under the Police Department, with the powers to issue validate caste certificates, Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has urged the Government to take back the decision in the interest of backward communities and other poor sections of the society.
In a letter written to CM B.S. Yediyurappa, Siddharamaiah said that the Social Welfare Department on Jan. 16, 2021, has passed an order instructing the District Caste verification committee to issue caste validation certificate concerning specific castes, only upon getting a validation report from the DCRE (Vigilance cell). Pointing out that the order mentions only 21 subcastes of ST community and 8 sub-castes of SC community for verification by the DCRE before Government appointments, Siddharamaiah questioned the Government’s decision to specify the names of only 29 sub-castes (21 of ST and 8 of SC) .
