Hyderabad: Rohith Vemula's brother has alleged that the report of the commission, constituted by HRD ministry after the Hyderabad university scholar's death, was aimed at saving BJP Union Ministers, Vice-Chancellor of Hyderabad Central University and ABVP members.
"The entire commission report has aimed at saving BJP Union Ministers, Podile Apparao (HCU Vice-Chancellor) and BJP MLC Ramachandra Rao along with ABVP members," he alleged.
"Despite District Magistrate, Guntur's report, National Commission for Scheduled Castes Report which clearly stated my brother Rohith Vemula as Scheduled Caste, the present government is making all efforts to divert the reports of authenticated bodies," Raja Vemula said in a Facebook post.
The Justice Roopanwal Commission, in its report to the HRD ministry, has given a clean chit to Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya, sources said.
The University authorities too have been absolved of any blame for Rohit Vemula's death as the Commission has held that they were not working under political pressure.
Raja claimed his mother Radhika Vemula was the one who endured a lot of sacrifices and discrimination.
"She lost her son Rohith Vemula on account of the socio-political victimisation he had undergone along with four other dalit research scholars from Ambedkar Students Association," he said.
Raising questions on Rohit Vemula's Dalit status, the Commission has said the material on record did not establish it and attributed his suicide to personal reasons, according to sources.
"The entire commission report has aimed at saving BJP Union Ministers, Podile Apparao (HCU Vice-Chancellor) and BJP MLC Ramachandra Rao along with ABVP members," he alleged.
"Despite District Magistrate, Guntur's report, National Commission for Scheduled Castes Report which clearly stated my brother Rohith Vemula as Scheduled Caste, the present government is making all efforts to divert the reports of authenticated bodies," Raja Vemula said in a Facebook post.
The University authorities too have been absolved of any blame for Rohit Vemula's death as the Commission has held that they were not working under political pressure.
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"She lost her son Rohith Vemula on account of the socio-political victimisation he had undergone along with four other dalit research scholars from Ambedkar Students Association," he said.
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