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JAMMU: Chairman National Conference SC/OBC Cell Babu Ram Pal on Thursday expressed concern over the caste-politics being pursued by vested interests to pursue their political agenda and paid tribute to Rohit Vemula of the Hyderabad Central University due to apathetic treatment meted out to him.
Expressing shock over the incident at a meeting here, Ram Pal said that such incidents were not in the larger interest of the nation and those responsible for creating coercive circumstances leading to suicide should be severely punished.
The meeting deplored the vicious role of the Vice Chancellor and Executive Council of the University besides the local Member Parliament and Union Ministry for Human Resources Development for perpetrating the situation that led to the unfortunate incident.
“This is not loss for the family but for the society and nation as a whole”, the speakers observed and sought intervention by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in ending harassment of the Dalit people. They also stressed the need for unity in meeting the challenge unfolded by vested interests.
Those present on the occasion included Om Dalmotra, Rajinder Chanyal, S Nirmal Singh, Sham Lal, Kuldeep Sangral, Master Prem Chand Bhagat, Dr Y P Singh, Abdul Gani Teli, Vijay Lochan, Dr Chaman Lal, Jagjeevan Lal, Ramesh Mottan, Dhian Chand, Sat Pal Lakhotra, Ashok Tyagi, Sagar Chand, Master Lal Chand Musafir, Raja Rafiq, Subash Chandere Azad, Harbans Lal, Charan Dass, Rattan Chand Bhagat, Ramesh kumar, Bushan Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Rajinder Dogra, Dr Surjit Bhagat, Raj Kumar Kapoor, Shabir Malik, Sat Pal Mandi, Thoru Ram, Chaman Lal, Adv Shashi Bushan, Narendra Bhagat, Dr Gourav Bharat, Atal Chanyal, Adv Sat Pal Shabotra, Bahadur Lal, Jameet Raj, Som Dutt, Sagotra, A. N Bhagat, Sham Lal, Ravi Kumar Magotra, Bal Krishan Dogra, Vijay Kumar
Master Bansi Lal, Dr Sushil, Narinder Singh (Nindu), Rajinder Bhagat and others.