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Hyderabad: Congress leader and former president, Rahul Gandhi was joined by the mother of Rohith Vemula, on November 1. Rohith Vemula, a Dalit student of the University of Hyderabad who died by suicide ( fellow students called it an ‘institutional murder’) in 2016 following alleged harassment, in the Bharat Jodo Yatra here.
Radhika Vemula walked with Gandhi briefly during the morning leg of the Yatra.
“Extended solidarity to Bharat Jodo Yatra, walked with Rahul Gandhi, and called upon Congress to save Constitution from BJP-RSS assault, Justice for Rohith Vemula, passing Rohith Act, increasing representation of Dalits, oppressed sections in higher judiciary, education for all,” Radhika Vemula tweeted after the meeting.
The Congress from its official Twitter handle and several party leaders tweeted pictures of Radhika Vemula walking with Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
The death of the 26-year-old Dalit student on January 17, 2016 has triggered a nationwide agitation against not just casteism in institutions of higher learning but specifically the Modi 1.0 regime as two ministers from the central government were alleged to have been directly involved in denial of legitimately acquired scholarships by students as also criminalising protests.
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