Rohith stood in support of terror: BJP

The BJP on Tuesday alleged that Ph.D scholar Rohith Vemula “stood in support of terrorism” in the Yakub Memon hanging issue. BJP national general secretary P. Muralidhar Rao said the scholar’s suicide had nothing to do with dalit issues or rights.

Mr Rao said, “The context of the clash between student groups was Rohith’s stand in support of terrorism, including against the hanging of Yakub Memon.”

“Rohith Vemula’s suicide note is self-revealing. Connecting incidents related to his ideological adversaries is baseless and orchestrated,” Mr Rao said.

He claimed it was “clearly evident” from the suicide note that “Rohith was in conflict with himself”.

“Disciplinary action was taken against Rohith on the advice of the court and a lenient stand was taken by the university authorities by permitting him to stay in the campus except the hostel,” Mr Rao said.

He said the suicide had been made into a political issue by the Congress, a section of media and some political and non-political groups. “Nowhere in the note, has he (Rohith) made any reference to his friends or enemies as the reason for his decision to commit suicide,” he said.

He called Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s “hurried visit” to the university campus “unprincipled behaviour” and said it was “unfortunate” that a national party was “stooping to such levels.”