Rohith Vemula Not A Dalit

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  Rahul Gandhi "Politicised" Rohith Vemula Case, Must Apologise: Nirmala Sitharaman

  Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday demanded that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi apologise for "politicising" the suicide of Rohith Vemula as police in a state ruled by his own party have now said that "it was not a Dalit issue".

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  Rohith Vemula Not Dalit: Cops In Closure Report, Clean Chit To All Accused

  Eight years after massive protests and a political controversy erupted over his death by suicide, forcing the Modi government to clarify that it was not anti-Dalit, the Telangana Police has filed a closure report in the Rohith Vemula case.

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  Rohith Vemula 'Frustrated', Lonely, Unappreciated: Report On Suicide

  Hyderabad PhD scholar Rohith Vemula committed suicide because he was frustrated over personal reasons, says a judicial commission after investigating the death that led to massive campus protests by students last year.

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  An Order On Rohith Vemula's Caste Boosts Mayawati's Attack On BJP

  Mr Vemula'ssuicide is just one of the incidents targeting Dalits which have occurred since the BJP came into power in 2014, says Mayawati, who is trying to combine the Dalit and Musim vote, which add up to around 40% percent of UP, in her effort to dislodge Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and beat the BJP's campaign that's led by Prime Minister Naren...

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  Opinion: How Radhika Vemula Is Paying For Her Son Rohith's Suicide

  A sustained attempt has been on to discredit the Vemula family and in particular, Rohith's mother, Radhika. The machinery of the State has been utilized to "prove" that Rohith was not a Dalit, that his mother had lied, and that a case on grounds of fraud could be made out against her.

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  Rohith Vemula's Dalit Status Not Established, Says Commission

  Raising questions on Rohith Vemula's Dalit status, a commission constituted by HRD ministry after the Hyderabad university scholar's death has said the material on record did not establish it and attributed his suicide to personal reasons.

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  AAP Government Offers Job To Rohith Vemula's Brother On Compassionate Ground

  Delhi government has offered a temporary Group C level job to Raja Vemula, the younger brother of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, on "compassionate" ground, which has not yet been accepted by him.

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  I Am Not Your Child But Political Opponent: JNU Student To Smriti Irani

  Asserting that he is not a "child", a term used by Education Minister Smriti Irani to refer to Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Parliament, one of the six JNU students accused of sedition has said in an open letter to her that he is instead her political "opponent".

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  'Vested Interests' Trying To Prove Rohith Vemula Was Not a Dalit: Siddaramaiah

  Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has condemned the attempts by "vested interests" for projecting the Hyderabad University scholar Rohith Vemula as a non-Dalit.

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  Opinion: Analysis Of Rohith Vemula's Suicide Note

  Rohith sees himself condemned to live in a world of mean and heartless human distinctions, including but not confined to caste, where personhood is reduced "To a vote. To a number. To a thing."

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  Hyderabad University Student Who Committed Suicide Was Not A Dalit: Sushma Swaraj

  Hyderabad University research scholar Rohith Vemula, who committed suicide earlier this month, was not a Dalit, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said.

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  Opinion: Like Rahul Gandhi, Modi Government Mishandles Student Protests

  Like the Congress, which insists on presenting Rahul Gandhi as a youth icon despite not being able to connect with the youth in two consecutive terms of the UPA, our people's Prime Minister and his government too seems to have lost the plot in dealing with students.

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  Smriti Irani Incorrect, I Did Not Endorse Punishment: Hyderabad Dean

  A senior Dalit professor at the Hyderabad Central University has completely rejected Education Minister Smriti Irani's account of the role he played in the suspension of Rohith Vemula, a 26-year-old research scholar, who died after allegedly committing suicide on Sunday.

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  This Was Not A Caste Battle, Says Minister Smriti Irani On Hyderabad Student Suicide

  The suicide of a young research scholar which has incited large student protests across the country is being misrepresented with "malicious intent" as "a Dalit vs non-Dalit confrontation," said Education Minister Smriti Irani.