Hyderabad: After students urged the University of Hyderabad to observe 17 January as a special event to remember Rohith Vemula, the institution on Tuesday said students and speakers would be allowed to pay tribute to the bust of Vemula, who committed suicide on 17 January 2016.
The suicide of Vemula on the campus had sparked nation-wide protests and opposition parties had blamed groups affiliated to the BJP and the RSS for his death.
Some sections of students had protested over the destruction of portraits of Dr B R Ambedkar, Jyotiba Phule and other Dalit leaders inside the campus.
In a statement, the university said it would like to clarify that while its students and invited speakers would be welcome to pay tribute to Vemula’s bust at the North Shopping Complex area, the planned meeting could be held in the Savitribai Phule auditorium.
The university also denied any destruction of portraits at the North Shopping Complex on the campus. The auditoriums have been named after the great leaders the varsity said in the statement.
