#SackSmritiIrani is trending on Twitter as people are expressing their outrage on the suicide of Rohit Vemula, a Dalit second year student of Ph.D at University of Hyderabad.
Rohit was also a member of Ambedkar Students Association apart from being involved in the protest made by ASA against ABVP for attacking the Montage Film Society in Delhi University, which was showing “Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai”, a documentary movie based on the Muzaffarnagar riots. After this protest, the matter took an ugly turn when a local ABVP leader made allegations against the ASA members and the enquiry report confirmed the allegations. However the students and members of ASA claimed that the action is being taken on the behest of RSS and ABVP. The university administration suspended 5 students and Rohit was one of them.
It is said that the Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya has also played an important role in the suspension of students as he was the one who sent Smriti Irani a letter and forced the university to suspend the students.
Here is how Twitter reacted over the matter:
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More than Rohith Vemula's Suicide note, his letter to VC asking to Give Poison to Dalits explains why he chose Death pic.twitter.com/ucClrKA3OJ
— Joy (@Joydas) January 18, 2016
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#SackSmritiIrani needs to explain why there was such active intervention from her Ministry. And the Prime Minister cannot walk away either.
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) January 19, 2016
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It's not suicide. It's murder. It's murder of democracy, social justice n equality.#SackSmritiIrani #RohitVemula pic.twitter.com/W9AgYK7pKg
— Dr. Vipin Yadav (@VipinINC) January 19, 2016
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#SackSmritiIrani
Fake degree, Fake personality…
Govt has given a imp role smiti…
It's like giving monkey AK47 pic.twitter.com/YZUqRbnH9h— Mousu Fraise (@MousuFraise) January 19, 2016
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Suicide by student activist of Ambedkar Student Association of Central University reflects d mindset of BJP against Dalits.#SackSmritiIrani
— Ayodhya Tiwari (@TiwariAyodhya) January 19, 2016
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Repressive leadership of @smritiirani & Modi is surely changing India from good to worse
Worst education minister till date #SackSmritiIrani— ║█║▌║█║▌│║▌║▌║█™ (@Myth_Busterz) January 19, 2016
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#SackSmritiIrani
A minister with doubtful degree gives order to expulsion of a student who gets fellowship.— Digvijay Nath Tiwari (@IamDNT) January 19, 2016
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Uneducated, arrogant, impatient, egoistic Smriti Irani becomes HRD Minister and Young budding scholars forced to suicide. #SackSmritiIrani
— M Kumar (@Mkumar_INC) January 19, 2016
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https://twitter.com/MangoBwoy/status/689273185817120769
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After writing 4 Letters to Univ of Hyd to suspend students, @smritiirani says Govt does not intervene in Universities. #SackSmritiIrani
— NRI With Congress (@NRIWithCongress) January 19, 2016
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A leadership who failed to contribute positively in society must resign#SackSmritiIrani pic.twitter.com/T7dDkAEMlJ
— ║█║▌║█║▌│║▌║▌║█™ (@Myth_Busterz) January 19, 2016
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When caste bias subjugates brilliance & ideologies precede National Interest, Rohits are killed #sacksmritiirani pic.twitter.com/PD0I8gKouM
— Maharashtra Congress (@INCMaharashtra) January 19, 2016
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