Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday directed social welfare department officials to discontinue the ethnographic and socio-economic survey under way in Kodagu to see whether the community qualifies for the tribal status.
It's the second time the survey has been taken up, a response to the alarming decline in their population. The survey was put on hold after former MLC and advocate A K Subbaiah met the CM and sought his intervention.
"Kodavas don't need any tribal status. They are way forward in terms of socio-economic parameters and literacy. They cannot be compared to tribals like Kadu Kuruba and Hakki-Pikki, among others,'' he told the CM. He also asked him to order an investigation into the activities of Codava National Council, dubbing its president N U Nachappa "anti-national''.
It's the second time the survey has been taken up, a response to the alarming decline in their population. The survey was put on hold after former MLC and advocate A K Subbaiah met the CM and sought his intervention.
"Kodavas don't need any tribal status. They are way forward in terms of socio-economic parameters and literacy. They cannot be compared to tribals like Kadu Kuruba and Hakki-Pikki, among others,'' he told the CM. He also asked him to order an investigation into the activities of Codava National Council, dubbing its president N U Nachappa "anti-national''.