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The Siddaramaiah-led government announced the survey after junking the report of the previous caste census, which was conducted in 2015. (Image: PTI/File)

A day before the socioeconomic and educational survey begins in Karnataka, 33 sub-castes with Christian suffix or prefix were dropped by the backward classes commission .

The addition of these 33 sub-castes, including Lingayat Christian and Vokkaliga Christian, had previously caused a massive controversy but the commission stressed that this is a socioeconomic and educational survey, and not a caste census as has been referred to.

The commission said it has completed all ne

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