Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D.Ok. Shivakumar, former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and others on the AICC OBC Nationwide Advisory Council assembly, at Bharat Jodo Bhavan, KPCC workplace in Bengaluru on July 15, 2025.
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The AICC OBC Advisory Council, chaired by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru on July 16, unanimously handed a Bengaluru Declaration, which demanded conducting a national-level caste census by the Census Fee of India.
After two days of deliberations, Mr. Siddaramaiah stated the assembly handed a decision demanding a national-level caste census by the Census Fee of India, formally generally known as the Workplace of the Registrar Basic and Census Commissioner, India (ORGI). “The census should embrace Social, Financial, Instructional, Employment, Political points of every particular person and castes, protecting the Telangana State (caste survey) as a task mannequin.

The OBC Advisory Council of the Congress get together demanded breaking the 50% cap in offering reservation, thereby making certain appropriate reservation for the OBCs, in schooling, service, political and different areas.
The decision demanded reservation in non-public academic institutes as per Article 15(5) of the Structure.
Mr. Siddaramaiah, who learn out the decision, stated the Advisory Council of the OBC Division of AICC, unanimously thanked senior chief Rahul Gandhi for courageously taking over the reason for social justice for the marginalised sections of society, and standing up for the reason for the backward lessons specifically.
Former chief ministers M. Veerappa Moily, former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, former Puducherry CM V. Narayanswamy and former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, senior chief B. Ok. Hariprasad had been amongst those that attended the assembly.
Printed – July 16, 2025 03:18 pm IST
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