<p>Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demanded inclusion of HRD Minister Smriti Irani’s name in the FIR under which Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and others have been booked.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The AAP leader blamed the HRD minister for vehemently pursuing the issue with Vice-Chancellor Prof P Apparao till action was taken against five Dalit research scholars following a volley of letters from Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya to punish the men for a crime they have not committed. <br /><br />“The Union ministers might say they were not interfering with the autonomy of the Central university and they have written only few letters, but I demand verification of HRD minister’s call records to ascertain details of the conversation between her and the vice-chancellor regarding action on the students,” said Kejriwal.<br /><br />He said all the accused must be arrested without further delay as atrocities on SC/STs is a non-bailable offence.<br /><br />Kejriwal, who interacted with students of the University of Hyderabad here, said that the medical reports and the affidavit filed by the university registrar clearly states that ABVP leader N Susheel Kumar was not assaulted by activists of the Ambedkar Students’ Association but was admitted to a hospital as he was operated for appendicitis.<br /><br />“I see a sinister plan here as Susheel Kumar was apparently encouraged by the BJP leaders to file a complaint after the students peacefully parted at the hostel after Susheel agreed to remove the Facebook post. I wonder how students outfit named after Ambedkar be termed as anti-national, casteist and extremist,” he said, quoting from Dattatreya’s letter to Smriti. <br /></p>
<p>Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demanded inclusion of HRD Minister Smriti Irani’s name in the FIR under which Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and others have been booked.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The AAP leader blamed the HRD minister for vehemently pursuing the issue with Vice-Chancellor Prof P Apparao till action was taken against five Dalit research scholars following a volley of letters from Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya to punish the men for a crime they have not committed. <br /><br />“The Union ministers might say they were not interfering with the autonomy of the Central university and they have written only few letters, but I demand verification of HRD minister’s call records to ascertain details of the conversation between her and the vice-chancellor regarding action on the students,” said Kejriwal.<br /><br />He said all the accused must be arrested without further delay as atrocities on SC/STs is a non-bailable offence.<br /><br />Kejriwal, who interacted with students of the University of Hyderabad here, said that the medical reports and the affidavit filed by the university registrar clearly states that ABVP leader N Susheel Kumar was not assaulted by activists of the Ambedkar Students’ Association but was admitted to a hospital as he was operated for appendicitis.<br /><br />“I see a sinister plan here as Susheel Kumar was apparently encouraged by the BJP leaders to file a complaint after the students peacefully parted at the hostel after Susheel agreed to remove the Facebook post. I wonder how students outfit named after Ambedkar be termed as anti-national, casteist and extremist,” he said, quoting from Dattatreya’s letter to Smriti. <br /></p>
