Rahul Gandhi likens Rohith Vemula to Mahatma Gandhi

4,117 views · Published 30 January 2016 · 1:13 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: NDTV · 2016 · News & Politics

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Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who had joined student protesters in a mass hunger strike at the Hyderabad Central University, likened Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula - who committed suicide earlier this month - to Mahatma Gandhi. It is Rohith's birthday today and also the day Gandhi was assassinated in 1948.


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