Rahul Gandhi "Politicised" Rohith Vemula Case, Must Apologise: Nirmala Sitharaman
NDTV
The finance minister said the University of Hyderabad was not allowed to handle the issue with sensitivity.
Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday demanded that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi apologise for "politicising" the suicide of Rohith Vemula, the University of Hyderabad student who died in 2016, as police in a state ruled by his own party have now said that "it was not a Dalit issue".
The Telangana Police has filed a closure report before a court following a probe into Vemula's death, claiming that he was not a Dalit and died by suicide as he feared that his real identity would be discovered.
Speaking with a group of select journalists in Pune, Ms Sitharaman pointed out that the police report has been filed in a Congress-ruled state.
Police arrested Deepak Max, 20, caught after an encounter by Crime Branch, while Krish Gupta, 18, by local police from the same area.
The prime minister said the Maharashtra election also shows that only one Constitution will work in India and that was given to the people of the country by B R Ambedkar.
The Prime Minister said the Congress' outsized interest in its own welfare is a "threat to democracy".
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