Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 19: Students and youth associated with All India Confederation of SC/ST/OBC Organizations today held a protest over the death of PhD Scholar and demanded action against the administration of concerned university.
A large number of Youth associated with Confederation this morning assembled at Baba Sahib Dr B R Ambedkar Chowk, Rail Head Complex, Jammu and protested the death of a PhD Scholar Rohith Vemula, who committed suicide after his suspension from the Hyderabad University.
“Vemula, was one of the five Dalit scholars, who was expelled by the university in 2015 for allegedly attacking a student activist belonging to Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in August.
Since then they were barred from entering the administrative building, hostels, libraries, mess and other common areas”, the speakers said.
He said the expelled students later formed a Joint Action Committee for Social Justice (JAC) to fight back against the university’s decision. “The PhD scholar had been sleeping in the open along with other expelled students for the past two weeks, demanding reinstatement and on Sunday evening during the protest, Vemula managed to enter the NRS hostel, locked himself and took the extreme step”, they added.
RK Kalsotra, State president of the Confederation, called upon the Central as well as Andhra Pradesh Government to immediately sack the VC of the Hyderabad University otherwise they will intensify their struggle.
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