Amid protests over the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his "ministers got five Dalit students ostracised".

The dead student, Rohith Vemula, was among the five research scholars suspended by Hyderabad Central University (HCU) and also one of the accused in the case of assault on a student leader.

Taking to micro-blogging site, Kejriwal said, "Modi government constitutionally duty bound to uplift Dalits. Instead Modi ji's ministers got five dalit students ostracised and suspended."

Stating that "It's not suicide. It's murder," Kejriwal added, "It's murder of democracy, social justice and equality."

Kejriwal also demanded that the Prime Minister should sack ministers and apologise to the nation.

Modi govt constitutionally duty bound to uplift dalits. Instead Modi ji's ministers got five dalit students ostracised n suspended(1/2) January 19, 2016

It's not suicide. It's murder. It's murder of democracy, social justice n equality.Modi ji shd sack ministers n aplogoize to the nation(2/2) — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 19, 2016

Meanwhile, the members of Telangana Jagruti Yuva Morcha staged a protest outside Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya's residence in the morning.

Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and Hyderabad University Vice Chancellor were named in an FIR over the death of the scholar, which triggered massive protests and demands for their removal from their posts.

The issue also took a political turn with allegations that the extreme action was a result of discrimination against Dalit students at the behest of Dattatreya, who had written a letter to HRD Minister Smriti Irani, seeking action against their "anti-national acts".

The HRD ministry has constituted a two member fact finding team to look into the incident.