Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's mother today again met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after they held a protest march yesterday in Delhi to seek justice for him.

Vemula's mother, Radhika, has asked for a government job for her younger son.

Vemula committed suicide inside University of Hyderabad hostel room on January 17 after being reportedly targeted by right wing organisations. BJP's student unit - the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad - was blamed for Rohith's suicide.

Hundreds of students, including those from the Jawaharlal Nehru University joined the protest march organised under the banner of Joint Action Committee for Social Justice of University of Hyderabad from Ambedkar Bhawan to Jantar Mantar.

Kejriwal, who also joined the protest later, accused Central ministers of driving Rohith Vemula to suicide.

Kejriwal had strongly condemned the caste spin given to the entire issue and had said that the country cannot be held back on the basis on castesim and backwardness.

Rohith Vemula's mother, Radhika, has asked for a government job for her younger son. Rohith Vemula's mother, Radhika, has asked for a government job for her younger son.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with Ashish Khetan and Ashish Talwar visited the University of Hyderabad on January 21 and met the students and family members of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula who committed suicide.

Kejriwal had earlier demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi sack HRD Minister Smriti Irani, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and apologise to the nation over the suicide by the Dalit student, questioning their "interference" in the internal affairs of the institution.

Rohith, a PhD scholar, who committed suicide last month, was among the five research scholars who were suspended by the University in August last year over an alleged assault case.

The issue took a political turn with allegations that the extreme step taken by Rohith was a result of discrimination against dalit students at the behest of Dattatreya, following his letter to Irani, seeking action against their "anti-national acts".

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