A memorial meeting was held here on Tuesday by the Odisha Dalit Adhikar Manch in memory of Hyderabad Central University research scholar Rohit Vemula, who committed suicide after facing discrimination in 2016.
At the meeting presided over by Manas Jena, the speakers said Vemalu’s suicide is a reflection of the casteist mentality of the university authorities and a conspiracy to keep Dalits away from education. Not only education, the Government’s partiality in social and financial policies was highlighted by the speakers.
In the meeting former administrator Kalyan Ray, former Rajya Sabha Member Radhakanta Sethy , CPI(M)’s Santosh Das, Freethought Party of India’s general secretary B Ramchandra CST Voltaire, president Bijayananda Kar, vice - president Harish Chandra Kar , journalist Ramesh Mohanty and columnist lalit Mishra, termed Vemula’s suicide unfortunate, informed Manch State coordinator Prasant Mallick in a release.