Bengaluru:The new socio-economic survey report being compiled by the Backward Classes Commission would prevail over all the old reports pertaining to caste categorization announced Social Welfare Minister H Anjaneya on Thursday.

He was replying to questions raised by BJP MLA Govind Karjol, in the Legislative Assembly.

Karjol had quizzed the government if they would heed to the agitation by members of the Maratha community demanding inclusion of their community under the backward category 2A.

Anjaneya said the erstwhile Shankarappa Commission in its first report had recommended the inclusion of Maratha community under category 2A. However, the present commission (overseen by H Kantharaju) is in the process of compiling data collected on social, education and economic status of households. Hence, it is not possible to consider the old reports, he added.

However, the minister was not specific about when the socio-economic survey report would be submitted to the government.

BJP was not satisfied with the reply. Leader of the Opposition Jagadish Shettar said the media had published the highlights of the survey report. Karjol said that through the survey, the government was trying to divide society further. The minister said media reports were based on the 2011 census of the Centre. The chief minister would decide the date for accepting the report, he added