Citizens for Justice and Peace
‘Appa Rao rusticated 12 Dalit students in 2002 as well’
21-Jan-2016
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr @dna Hyderabad: There is a perception among some students that vice chancellor P Appa Rao has been unsympathetic and even hostile to Dalit students. Prashant Bagde, who is pursuing his doctoral degree in political science on the topic, “Ambedkarian Buddhism in Contemporary Maharashtra” and others have pointed out that Rao, who…
Dalit’s suicide snowballs into political storm
20-Jan-2016
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 The suicide by a dalit student of Hyderabad University has snowballed into a major issue with BJP’s rivals wading into it and demanding the removal of Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya, accusing them of being responsible for the death. As Congress mounted the demand for the sacking of the…
HYDERABAD STUDENT SUICIDE – Dalit students stage silent protest
20-Jan-2016
Jan 20 2016 : Mirror (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau amfeedback@timesgroup in TWEETS @ahmedabadmirror (WITH AGENCY INPUTS) Fifty students of Central University of Gujarat (CUG) gathered to condemn actions of University of Hyderabad that allegedly led to Rohith’s suicide Protesting the suicide of 26-year-old Dalit student Rohith Vemula in Hydera bad on Sunday, around 50 Dalit…
In Tamil Nadu’s Vazhavur, another story of Dalit death and prejudice
20-Jan-2016
Written by Arun Janardhanan | Madurai | Updated: January 20, 2016 8:08 am Policemen carry the body of Chellamuthu through the forest path for burial at Vazhavur, Nagapattinam. WITH A straight face, M Karthikeyan says his grandparents, who died recently, received “the distinction of a state burial”. “They were buried by police, only the 21-gun…
Hyderabad research scholar’s suicide: TISS students boycott lectures, express solidarity
19-Jan-2016
By Pallavi Smart Students from IIT-B, TIFR, Mumbai University and its affiliated colleges to follow suit tomorrow, term Rohith Vemula’s suicide an ‘institutional murder’ Protests condemning the suicide of Rohith Vemula, a research scholar from Hyderabad Central University (HCU), seem to be spreading like wildfire across premier educational institutes in the country, including Mumbai. While…
Dalit student’s suicide ‘murder of democracy’: Arvind Kejriwal
19-Jan-2016
By IANS New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday described the suicide of the Hyderabad Dalit student as “murder of democracy, social justice and equality”. “It’s not suicide. It’s murder. It’s murder of democracy, social justice and equality. (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi ji should sack ministers and apologise to the nation,” Kejriwal said…
Dalit suicide case: Congress demands sacking of Smriti Irani, Dattatreya
19-Jan-2016
By PTI New Delhi: Going on the offensive on the dalit student’s suicide case in Hyderabad, Congress on Tuesday demanded that HRD Minister Smriti Irani should be removed along with Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, against whom a FIR has been lodged. Party spokesperson Kumari Selja told reporters in New Delhi that both Irani and…
Dalit PhD scholar hangs himself
19-Jan-2016
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 He along with 4 others had been suspended for alleged attack on an ABVP official. Protests followed outside HRD minister’s residence in Delhi. The minister forms a committee to look into the matter Hyderabad: The body of V Rohit, a Dalit PhD scholar who was found hanging at the Central University’s…
Student suicide: Digvijay asks student wings to unite
19-Jan-2016
New Delhi, Jan 19, 2016, (PTI) Attacking the government over the alleged suicide of a dalit scholar in Hyderabad, Congress leader Digvijay Singh today charged that vice chancellors have been handpicked by the BJP-RSS and asked student wings to come together to fight the “communal forces”. “This is only a beginning.Vice Chancellors have been handpicked…
NOW, POET ASHOK VAJPEYI RETURNS AWARD
19-Jan-2016
• 20 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • HTC NEW DELHI: Poet Ashok Vajpeyi on Tuesday decided to return the D.Litt given to him by University of Hyderabad in protest against the “anti-Dalit” attitude of the authorities. “A Dalit student, Rohith Vemula, who wanted to be a writer, was driven to commit suicide due…