Overview
- Karnataka’s Backward Classes Commission said people who have converted will be recorded as Christians and that the Christian sub-group labels are for documentation only with no reservation on that basis.
- The state plans to conduct the socio‑educational survey from September 22 to October 7, deploying about 1.75 lakh teachers to visit households across Karnataka.
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah reiterated that conversion is an individual right, linked conversions to caste inequality, and said Christians and Muslims are Indian citizens as he urged participation in the survey.
- BJP leaders R. Ashoka, Basavaraj Bommai and B. Y. Vijayendra condemned the survey format and legality, alleging it is divisive, and the party is convening meetings to mount opposition.
- In Kerala, RSS‑linked Kesari carried a call for a nationwide conversion ban, drawing a sharp rebuttal from the Syro‑Malabar Church’s Deepika and creating fresh complications for the BJP’s Christian outreach.