Indore, Feb 22: BJP MP Varun Gandhi recalled how he broke down after reading a suicide letter written by the Hyderabad University Ph.D scholar Rohit Vemula before he hanged himself on the campus in January 2016.
He was delivering a lecture on the "Ideas for a new India", organised by a private school here.
Rohit's suicide had kicked up a huge uproar across the country, with many dalit organisations and opposition parties holding protests seeking 'justice' for the deceased.
Notably, Union minister and BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya was booked along with others for allegedly abetting Rohit's suicide.
Varun (36), who represents Sultanpur seat in Uttar Pradesh, also referred to an incident pertaining to
discrimination with dalits, which had occurred in Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh last month.
"Seventy per cent kids in a school didn't eat their lunch under the mid-day meal scheme for quite some time as the food was cooked by a woman belonging to a weaker section.
"What are we teaching our kids? After all, where is this country and world heading for?" he asked.
Varun said though Constitution didn't discriminate along the caste and religion basis, "the fact is 37 per cent dalits in the country are Below Poverty Line (BPL)."
He said 8 per cent dalit children die before celebrating their first birthday.
"Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar had said we don't need political democracy but social democracy. His thought was way ahead of his time," the BJP leader said.
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Instead of shedding crocodile tears, let him prove his mettle by urging his anti-national bosses to take action against Bandaru, Smriti Irani and ABVP goons who were directly responsible for the death of Rohit Vemula.
Since he his combined with so called upper caster terror group rss. no chance to change his mind set.The mistake is from us only, citizens must think and before franchising rights. This fellow taken a long time over ONE period to comment on Rohit's suicide case. Seems varun is with hard rock mind set that's why he took long time to cry.
Shame on you to keep self respect still there is time, confess and quit communal group and fight for justice. Sure a huge support will follow you.
OH...Tears.......... useless fellow, He have no place in politics year after Vimula's death now he remember him...
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