Cong wanted to extend reservation on basis of religion: PM Modi
Jaipur (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday charged that the Congress wanted to extend reservation on the basis of religion and give the right given to Dalits, backward and tribals to Muslims.
As soon as the Congress formed the government at the Centre in 2004, one of its first tasks was to reduce the SC/ST reservation in Andhra Pradesh and give reservation to Muslims, he said while addressing an election rally in Tonk.
"Modi is giving you a guarantee with an open heart that reservation for Dalits and backward tribals will neither end nor will it be allowed to be divided in the name of religion," he said.
The prime minister asserted that he understands the Constitution.
"Modi is dedicated to the Constitution. Modi is a person who worships Baba Saheb Ambedkar," he said.
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Cong, Left tried to gain political mileage by linking Rohith Vemula's suicide to BJP: Ex-MLC Rao
Hyderabad (PTI): Former BJP MLC N Ramchander Rao, an accused in the 2016 Rohith Vemula suicide case, has alleged that Congress and Left parties had tried to gain political mileage by linking the death of the University of Hyderabad student to the BJP.
Vemula's suicide was painful but the attitude of the Congress and Left parties was deplorable, Ramchander Rao said on Friday.
Rao's remarks came after Telangana Police filed a closure report in the case before a local court and gave a clean chit to the accused, including Rao.
Police claimed Vemula was not a Dalit and died by suicide in 2016 as he feared that his "real caste" would be discovered.
Meanwhile, a group of students protested at the University of Hyderabad and raised slogans against the BJP, Union Minister Smriti Irani and former university vice-chancellor Appa Rao Podile, who was also among the accused persons.
In a social media post, the Students' Federation of India (SFI) said the closure report filed by police "on Rohith Vemula's institutional murder is an exercise in irony".
"The Congress government and its police are supporting the false narrative of the BJP by tagging Rohith not to be a Dalit despite lack of proof of the same," it said.
Vemula's family said on Friday that it will legally contest the closure report.
His brother Raja Vemula claimed the district collector has to decide on the family's SC status.
Following this, police said they have decided to conduct further investigation into the case.
A petition will be filed in the court concerned requesting the magistrate to permit further investigation into the case, Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) Ravi Gupta said in a statement.
