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‘Smriti shunted out to divert Vemula issue’
JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar who has been severely critical of Union Minister Smriti Irani ever since the sedition row broke out on Wednesday alleged that she has been shunted out of HRD to divert public attention from Rohith Vemula issue.
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Union Minister Smriti Irani (ANI)
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Kanhaiya, who is out on bail in a sedition case, has been leading a movement demanding justice for Rohith Vemula, a Hyderabad university scholar who was found hanging in his room earlier this year after he along with five others were suspended.
“There has been an outrage in the Dalit community and among students against Irani after Rohith Vemula was forced to commit suicide. The move to send her to Textile Ministry from HRD has been made only to divert public attention from Vemula issue,” he said.
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