BJP, which has faced flak over research scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide, today used the resignation letter of a key SFI leader of Hyderabad University's students' union to accuse the Left and Congress of exploiting sentiments of students.
Raju Kumar Sahu, the students' union general secretary, in the letter compared his "alienation" in SFI to that of Vemula and alleged that the action committee formed to lead the agitation following the Dalit scholar's suicide, was used for selective and political reasons.
"Sahu's resignation is not important but the serious questions he has raised over the Left parties are and his comments that how for political reasons they exploited sentiments of students. He said Vemula felt isolated due to working style of SFI and he was being treated similarly," BJP general secretary Bhupender Yadav told mediapersons here.
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Party's national secretary Shrikant Sharma claimed that Congress had joined the Left in targeting the Centre and BJP over the issue but both of them have been "exposed".
"Congress chief Sonia Gandhi should answer why Rahul Gandhi went to the Hyderabad University twice. Congress and the Left have played with sentiments of students and have been exposed," he said, questioning the "silence" of those who have been attacking BJP over the issue.
On the prospect of the GST bill's passage in Parliament, Yadav, a Rajya Sabha member, said it was in the country's interest and should be passed.
BJP is hoping that change in the number game in Rajya Sabha in coming months will be more suitable to its passage as the strength of Congress is expected to go down.
