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Bengaluru, Jan 12: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday has asked the Vokkaliga Sangha leaders to postpone their meeting for demanding caste census. 

“I have told the Vokkaliga Sangha officials to postpone the meet as it would create unnecessary confusion. I also told them that I would talk to the seer of Adi Chunchanagiri Mutt about it,” he said while speaking to reporters at his Sadashivanagar residence in Bengaluru.

The Vokkaligara Sangha President Kenchappa Gowda and other office-bearers called on the Deputy Chief Minister at his residence.

Asked if he held a meeting with the Vokkaliga Sangha officials, he said, “I have not held any meetings and there is no need for that. They had planned a separate meeting on caste census today and I had informed them I would not participate in that. They have told me that the meeting would be postponed”

Administrator appointment

“The Vokkaliga Sangha office bearers had met me after an internal reconciliation. I have warned them that an administrator would be appointed for the Sangha if they continue to fight among themselves. They have promised to work together,” he said.

To a question on State Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti’s letter to the Home Minister Dr G Parameshwar about transferring the case pertaining to BJP MLC C T Ravi for abusing Women and Child Welare Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar during the Belagavi session, he said the Home Minister would respond to it.