Overview
- Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said the legislation would be introduced at the earliest after consultations with Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.
- Justice for Rohith Vemula Campaign members submitted Karnataka’s 2025 draft to Telangana officials, proposing institutional mechanisms to address exclusion and harassment on campuses.
- University of Hyderabad students marked the anniversary with a class boycott, a campus march, and a torchlight procession, joined by Radhika Vemula and MLA Jignesh Mevani.
- Campaigners sought a transparent inquiry into Rohith Vemula’s death and legal relief for about 50 students and two teachers facing non-bailable cases from the 2016 protests.
- Rahul Gandhi called the proposed law a necessity and urged criminalising caste discrimination in educational institutions, saying Congress governments in Telangana and Karnataka are working to implement it.