Rohith Vemula

Karnataka is set to introduced the Rohith Vemula Bill 2025 to stop caste-based discrimination in colleges and universities, creating new complaint system, penalties and protection for SC/ST students

Karnataka to table Rohith Vemula Bill in Monsoon Session amid political row, following Rahul Gandhi's push for law against discrimination in higher education institutions

Rohith Vemula's mother Radhika Vemula met Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy here on Saturday and urged him to see that "justice" is done to the family. Reddy assured her that an investigation would be conducted again into the University of Hyderabad student's suicide in 2016 and that justice would be done, an official release said. Police have filed a closure report before a local court in its probe into the death of Rohith Vemula, a student of the University of Hyderabad, claiming he was not a Dalit and died by suicide in 2016 as he feared that his "real caste" would be discovered. Telangana DGP Ravi Gupta has already announced to conduct further investigation into the case in view of the doubts expressed by Rohith Vemula's mother and others on the closure report. A petition will be filed in the court concerned requesting the Magistrate to permit further investigation into the case, he said in a statement on Friday night. The police gave a clean chit to the accused, includ

Police have filed a closure report before a local court following a probe into the death of Rohith Vemula, a student of University of Hyderabad, claiming he was not a Dalit and died by suicide as he feared that his "real identity" would be discovered. The Cyberabad police, who investigated the case informed the court that Rohith Vemula did not belong to Scheduled Caste and that he was aware of it. Vemula died by suicide in 2016. "In addition to this, the deceased himself was aware that he did not belong to Scheduled Caste and that his mother got him a SC certificate. This could be one of the constant fears as the exposure of the same would result in a loss of his academic degrees that he earned over the years and be compelled to face prosecution," the report said. "The deceased had multiple issues worrying him which could have driven him to commit suicide," it said. "Despite best efforts, no evidence could be found to establish that the actions of the accused have driven the decea

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday was joined by the mother of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit student of the University of Hyderabad who died by suicide in 2016 following alleged harassment, in the Bharat Jodo Yatra here. Radhika Vemula walked with Gandhi briefly during the morning leg of the Yatra. "Extended solidarity to Bharat Jodo Yatra, walked with Rahul Gandhi, and called upon Congress to save Constitution from BJP-RSS assault, Justice for Rohith Vemula, passing Rohith Act, increasing representation of Dalits, oppressed sections in higher judiciary, education for all," Radhika Vemula tweeted after the meeting. The Congress from its official Twitter handle and several party leaders tweeted pictures of Radhika Vemula walking with Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. The death of the 26-year-old Dalit student on January 17, 2016 triggered a nationwide agitation against casteism in institutions of higher learning.

Radhika Vemula denies Piyush Goyal's claim that she was paid to target Prime Minister, BJP

Certificate was obtained by fraudulent means and should be cancelled, says Collector

Around 1,000 students from the JNU, DU and Jamia Milia Islamia, took out a rally from Mandi House

The panel report had absolved the Hyderabad University of all blames, attributing Vemula's death to personal reasons

In its report, the Justice Roopanwal Commission has given a clean chit to Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya, sources said.

Telangana police denied them permission for the event

Punia's remarks came in response after former judge of Allahabad High Court A K Roopanwal, has observed Vemula did not belong to Scheduled Caste community

It informed that the NCSC had approved the report of the District Magistrate, Guntur, on the caste confirmation of Vemula as Hindu SC-Mala

Brother Raja rejects findings, says they grew up like Dalits, faced discrimination

The job was offered to Vemula's brother by the AAP govt on compassionate grounds

Party spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi told a press conference that the Joint Action Committee of 14 student groups were paying Rs 5,000 per day for tent and having 'lavish parties'

The petition sought quashing of the govt's decision to offer Rohith's brother a job, on the ground that it's "illegal, arbitrary and motivated"

Raja, his brother, said they have embraced Buddhism as it does not have an oppressive caste system like Hinduism

Both mother and son were given 'deeksha' at a function in Dadar in the presence of Prakash Ambedkar, the grandson of Dr B R Ambedkar

Among other things, the JAC has demanded dropping of all charges against students, faculty members at HCU and elsewhere