Rohith mom does a Smriti fact-check

Taking on the opposition over their criticisms, Irani, the human resource development minister, said she is called the “anpadh mantri” (illiterate minister). This explains what Smriti Irani meant when she stated in the parliament, “I am not going to apologise for doing my duty”. The police has reported that no one attempt was made to revive this child, not one attempt was made to take him to a doctor.

A Dalit professor, Prakash Babu, had attended the sub-committee meeting that recommended the suspensions to the council, but he did so in his capacity as dean of students’ welfare and not as a representative of Dalits. “He said in an application form that he was organising poetry reading”, Irani told the Lok Sabha during a discussion.

Congress leader Anand Sharma, one of the politicians who had gone to JNU campus to support the ultra left students with Rahul Gandhi also joined in.

When the opposition started shouting, she cleverly used the same ploy as used by the Congress saying, “Shall I say that you are stopping me from speaking as I am a woman belonging to a micro-community?”

The minister also denied Mayawati’s contention that there was no Dalit on the panel investigating Vemula’s death.

Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, vice-chancellor P Appa Rao, BJP MLC Ramachandra Rao and two others were named in an FIR for abetting the suicide and also under some provisions under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on January 18. He questioned the veracity of the Facebook account. Do not play politics with me.

The suicide of Dalit student Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad University figured prominently in the Rajya Sabha also with the house witnessing repeated adjournments and verbal clash between Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati and Irani.

“And the ACP is not the competent authority to take a call on matters of caste”.

Earlier this week, in response to Mayawati’s persistent demand for an assurance on the inclusion of a Dalit member in the commission, Irani had said, “I am ready to reply to all questions”.

In its report, the investigators claimed the students delayed the police probe by demanding the arrest of Hyderabad Central University’s Vice-Chancellor.

“Participating in debate in Lok Sabha on February 24, Irani had said: “…

The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said government’s intentions are now clear and it is trying to save the accused “who are from the RSS”.

When asked was the HRD Minister being deliberately dragged in the controversy, Kayande said Irani has hurried to make statements which could have been avoided.

Rajshree has said that she reached the spot within five to seven minutes after being informed of the suicide. Radhika Vemula adds: “How can they dub students as anti-national and extremist?”

The JAC-UoH statement talk about out how the students’ anguish was heightened by interventions from government ministers.