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Caste Still Biggest Admission Form In India, Need Anti-Discrimination Law: Rahul Gandhi

Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo New Delhi, Jan 17: On the 10th death anniversary of Dalit student Rohith Vemula on Saturday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the reality for youngsters from the community has not changed on campuses and stressed the need for an anti-discrimination law. Vemula, a 26-year-old Dalit student of the University of Hyderabad, died by suicide on January 17, 2016, following alleged harassment. In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi said, “Today marks 10 years since Rohith Vemula’s passing.

Caste Still Biggest Admission Form In India, Need Anti-Discrimination Law: Rahul Gandhi

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Key Highlights

  • But Rohith’s question still resonates in our hearts: Does everyone in this country have an equal right to dream?” “Rohith wanted to study, he wanted to write.
  • He wanted to understand science, society and humanity to make this country a better place.
  • But this system could not tolerate a Dalit’s progress,” the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha said.
  • Institutionalised casteism, social exclusion, daily humiliation, language that reminded him of his “place” and inhumane treatment — “this was the poison that pushed a promising young man to a point where his dignity was stripped away and he was left alone”, Gandhi said.
  • “And today?
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  1. Caste Still Biggest Admission Form In India, Need Anti-Discrimination Law: Rahul Gandhi

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