University Students march for JNU Rohith; Rahul, kejriwal join

New Delhi :-The students marched from Ambedkar Bhawan in central Delhi’s Jandewalan to Jantar Mantar, the capital’s protest hotspot, where they were first joined by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The protesters, including hundreds of students from University of Hyderabad and Osmania University, raised Ambedkarite slogans such as “Jai Bhim” and demanded justice for Vemula, alleging that the Centre was responsible for his suicide. Students from universities in Delhi, such as Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi University, Jamia Milia and Ambedkar University, joined the march condemning the police action in JNU while demanding immediate release of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar. Vemula’s mother Radhika and brother Raja also participated in the march. In his address, Rahul mounted a shrill attack on the BJP government and RSS, accusing them of crushing voices of dissent of college and university students across the country. He also pitched for a law to protect them from “discrimination” and “suppression”. Accusing the Centre of muzzling the voice of students across universities in the country if they differ with ideology of RSS, Rahul said Congress will fight for bringing a law to check such “suppression”. He alleged that government was trying to suppress not only the youths but also the Adivasis, Dalits and other weaker sections. In his address, Kejriwal said the Centre was at “war” with the students of the country and asked the Prime minister to “mend his ways”. Otherwise, he said, students will “teach him a lesson”. “If Modiji does not mend ways then very soon the youth and students will come together to teach him a lesson,” Kejriwal said, adding “I had said earlier, ‘Modiji students se pange mat lena’. Otherwise they will rock your government and you won’t have a clue,” he said, amid loud cheers.