UoH Students JAC Calls for All Universities Bandh on Jan 27

Hyderabad: Tensions prevailed on the Hyderabad Central University campus on Monday with hundreds of students from various universities and some social groups coming out in support of the agitating students over the suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula.The students' joint action committee (JAC) demanded that the in-charge VC Vipin Srivatsav be removed from the post as he was the one who recommended the suspension of five Dalit scholars including Rohith. The committee also called for a bandh of all universities in the country on January 27.

The protesters took out rallies on the campus and demanded that those responsible for Rohith's suicide, including the HRD minister Smriti Irani, Labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya and Vice Chancellor Prof. Appa Rao be sacked immediately.