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Rohith Vemula's case shows government's anti-Dalit attitude: Congress

Says Smriti Irani should apologise for handling the case in a wrong manner

Smriti Irani, HRD, Rohith Vemula, Dalit
Union HRD Minister, Smriti Irani addressing a press conference regarding suicide of young research scholar Rohith Vemula in the University of Hyderabad, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
IANS New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 21 2016 | 12:57 PM IST

Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide in Hyderabad shows the "anti-Dalit attitude" of the central government as the human resource minister and the Bharatiya Janata Party "justified" it, the Congress said on Thursday.

"HRD minister and the BJP have justified the death of Rohith Vemula. It shows their anti-Dalit attitude," Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said at a press conference here.
 

 

He said the the HRD Minister Smriti Irani must apologise for handling the case in a wrong manner.

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First Published: Jan 21 2016 | 12:36 PM IST

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