‘When you instill such false allegations, you are…’: BJP’s Rachna Reddy on Rohith Vemula case

HYDERABADK: After the Telangana Home Department filed a closure report in Rohith Vemula’s alleged suicide case, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Rachna Reddy on Friday urged people not to politicize the matter, adding that the report stated that there has not been any active abetment of suicide and on which the investigation was closed.

“The home department of Telangana has submitted a closure report in the controversial Rohith Vemula suicide and abetment of suicide case, way back from 2016. The Hyderabad Central University went up in flames and protested against student Rohith Vemula being driven to commit suicide by the management. The BJP leaders, including prominent leaders, were accused in the said investigation. However, the police in March filed a detailed closure report informing that no violation of the SC-ST Atrocities Act (SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act) was noticed. Rohith Vemula’s suicide was unfortunate, but there has not been any active abetment of suicide is what the report has stated and the investigation was closed”, she said.

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Further, Rachna Reddy also pointed out that the report stated that the abetment has nothing to do with BJP leaders at that point of time or with management of the university, etc.

“I am not going to comment on his caste because it is a matter of fact. There was alleged discrimination on the university campus and is continuing on other campuses. We have reservations, specific criminal laws and provisions to protect the SC-ST community from discrimination. But, when you make such false allegations, you are doing a disservice to the people who are genuinely discriminated against on the said lines. Please, don’t make it political. Rahul Gandhi made it political in 2016, and it backfired. Political parties should not flare up already inflamed lives and students”, she said.

Vemula, a PhD scholar at the Hyderabad Central University, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a hostel room on January 17, 2016. He was allegedly upset over disciplinary action that were taken against him by the university. (ANI)