Bengaluru, 22 May 

The discussion on the Social and Educational Survey report, popularly known as 'caste census', at the State cabinet meeting on Thursday was "incomplete" and it will be discussed again on a later date, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil said.

Most of the Ministers have submitted their opinion on the survey in writing to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

"The Cabinet today once again discussed the Social and Educational Survey report, the discussion was incomplete. The Chief Minister had earlier asked the Cabinet Ministers to give their opinion in writing and most of the ministers' opinions have reached the Chief Minister except three or four," Patil said. 

The last cabinet meeting on 10 May had decided to defer any decision as additional information was provided to Ministers. Sources said that additional volumes of the survey report, including the taluk wise and district wise population data were provided.

On Tuesday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Ministers to ensure that the caste census is implemented properly.

"I want to tell Siddaramaih and all Ministers in his cabinet, do the census, but that census should be done properly, and it should not bring disrepute to Rahul Gandhi. If you do things to take credit for yourselves, it will cause problems for the entire State," Kharge said, addressing an event at Hosapete, organised to mark the Congress government's two years in office.