Overview
- Rahul Gandhi urged immediate implementation of the Rohith Vemula Act and said Congress-led Telangana and Karnataka are working on the measure.
- Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka told the Justice for Rohith Vemula Campaign Committee the government will work to bring the bill after consultations with the chief minister.
- Campaigners submitted a Karnataka-drafted version of the legislation and called for a transparent inquiry into Vemula’s case.
- The committee also sought relief for about 50 students and two faculty members facing non-bailable cases linked to post-2016 protests.
- At the University of Hyderabad, students boycotted classes, held a march and a torch procession, and Radhika Vemula and Jignesh Mevani joined tributes at Velivaada.