

The Hyd U drama is fast becoming the biggest con job of Communists and their running dogs

— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) January 22, 2016

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday in a controversial statement called the on going protest in University of Hyderabad a 'drama'. Swamy compared the student groups protesting over the suicide of Dalit scholar with "ruuning dogs".The BJP leader today tweeted "The Hyderabad University drama is fast becoming the biggest con job of Communists and their running dog"Earlier on Thursday he demamded that University of Hyderabad should take a tough stand against the protesting student groups as they are not adhering the democratic principles.There was no let up in protests by students at University of Hyderabad, demanding ouster of Vice Chancellor P. Appa Rao over the suicide of a Dalit research scholar as indefinite strike by seven of the protestors continued on Friday.The revocation of suspension of four Dalit students by the executive council of the central university failed to pacify the students, who say that their prime demand is the resignation of the vice chancellor and action against him, two central ministers and others responsible for the suicide of Rohith Vemula.The Joint Action Committee (JAC) for social justice, an umbrella organisation of 14 student groups, continued the protest for the fifth consecutive day, ignoring the appeal by the vice chancellor to return to classes and help resume normalcy on the campus.The indefinite strike by seven JAC members entered the third day. The four suspended students also continued their sit-in at 'veligonda' (Dalit ghetto), a small makeshift tent, where they had been protesting since early this month to protest their suspension by the university authorities over an alleged clash with a leader of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).Rohith, a PhD student, committed suicide by hanging himself in his friend's hostel room on January 17, triggering protests on the campus and also in other universities in different parts of the country to demand action against those involved in suspension of the students and subjecting them to social boycott.