Kejriwal on Dalit scholar's death: It's murder; Modi should sack ministers & apologise

January 19, 2016 10:37

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday termed the death of Dalit PhD student Rohith Vemula a 'murder of democracy' for which Prime Minister Narendra Modi should apologise.

"Modi government is constitutionally duty-bound to uplift Dalits. Instead, Modiji's ministers got five Dalit students ostracised and suspended," Kejriwal tweeted this morning.

In another tweet, Kejriwal said: "It's not suicide. It's murder. It's murder of democracy, social justice and equality. Modiji should sack ministers and apologize to the nation."

Rohith was found dead at Hyderabad Central University on Sunday morning. The issue took a political turn with allegations that the extreme action was a result of discrimination against Dalit students at the behest of Union Labour Miniser Bandaru Dattatreya, who had written a letter to HRD Minister Smriti Irani, seeking action against their "anti-national acts".

Image: Police use water cannons to disperse students during a protest against the Human Resource Development Ministry in New Delhi on Monday over the suicide of Dalit PhD scholar Rohith Vemula at University of Hyderabad

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