Dalit student suicide: TMCP, Youth Congress protest in Kolkata

Activists of Youth Congress and Trinamool Congress today burnt effigies of Union ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya and demanded their removal from the cabinet over the alleged suicide by a Dalit research scholar in Hyderabad Central University.
The TMCP staged the protest rally in College street area, while the youth Congress staged the rally outside the Governor's house in the city and demanded resignation of HRD Minister Smriti Irani.
A Dalit PhD scholar was found hanging in his hostel room located on the University of Hyderabad campus on January 17.
Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and Hyderabad University Vice Chancellor were named in an FIR over the alleged suicide of the dalit student, triggering massive protests and demands for their removal from respective posts.