<p>New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rahul-gandhi">Rahul Gandhi </a>has urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to enact a law named Rohith Vemula Act for ensuring that no one faces caste-based discrimination in the education system.</p><p>Describing the murder of bright young people like Rohith Vemula, Payal Tadvi and Darshan Solanki as "simply not acceptable", he said it is time to put a firm end to this. "I urge the Karnataka government to enact the Rohith Vemula Act so that no child of India has to face what Dr BR Ambedkar, Rohit Vemula and millions of others have had to endure," Rahul said in his letter dated April 16.</p><p>In his letter, Rahul mentioned in detail the discrimination BR Ambedkar faced in his lifetime.</p>.Enact Rohith Vemula Act, Priyank urges Siddaramaiah.<p>"Here he describes an incident during a long bullock cart journey: 'There was plenty of food with us. There was hunger burning within us; with all this we were to sleep without food; that was because we could get no water, and we could get no water because we were untouchables'.</p><p>"He tells us about his experience in school: 'I knew I was an untouchable, and that untouchables were subjected to certain indignities and discriminations. For instance, I knew that in the school I could not sit in the midst of my classmates according to my rank, but I was to sit in a corner by myself'," he said quoting Ambedkar.</p>.<p>Rahul said the Chief Minister would agree that what Ambedkar faced was shameful and should not be endured by any child in India. "It is a shame that even today millions of students from Dalit, Adivasi and OBC communities have to face such brutal discrimination in our educational system," he said.</p><p>Vemula, a Dalit student, died by suicide due to caste-based discrimination, in 2016.</p><p>Sharing his letter on X, Rahul said he recently met students and teachers from Dalit, Adivasi and OBC communities in Parliament. </p><p>"During the conversation, they told me how they have to face caste-based discrimination in colleges and universities. Babasaheb Ambedkar had shown that education is the only means by which even the deprived can become empowered and break the caste system. But it is very unfortunate that even after decades, lakhs of students are facing caste discrimination in our education system," he said.</p><p>"This discrimination has taken the lives of promising students like Rohith Vemula, Payal Tadvi and Darshan Solanki. Such horrific incidents cannot be tolerated at any cost. Now is the time to put a complete stop to this injustice," he added</p>
<p>New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rahul-gandhi">Rahul Gandhi </a>has urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to enact a law named Rohith Vemula Act for ensuring that no one faces caste-based discrimination in the education system.</p><p>Describing the murder of bright young people like Rohith Vemula, Payal Tadvi and Darshan Solanki as "simply not acceptable", he said it is time to put a firm end to this. "I urge the Karnataka government to enact the Rohith Vemula Act so that no child of India has to face what Dr BR Ambedkar, Rohit Vemula and millions of others have had to endure," Rahul said in his letter dated April 16.</p><p>In his letter, Rahul mentioned in detail the discrimination BR Ambedkar faced in his lifetime.</p>.Enact Rohith Vemula Act, Priyank urges Siddaramaiah.<p>"Here he describes an incident during a long bullock cart journey: 'There was plenty of food with us. There was hunger burning within us; with all this we were to sleep without food; that was because we could get no water, and we could get no water because we were untouchables'.</p><p>"He tells us about his experience in school: 'I knew I was an untouchable, and that untouchables were subjected to certain indignities and discriminations. For instance, I knew that in the school I could not sit in the midst of my classmates according to my rank, but I was to sit in a corner by myself'," he said quoting Ambedkar.</p>.<p>Rahul said the Chief Minister would agree that what Ambedkar faced was shameful and should not be endured by any child in India. "It is a shame that even today millions of students from Dalit, Adivasi and OBC communities have to face such brutal discrimination in our educational system," he said.</p><p>Vemula, a Dalit student, died by suicide due to caste-based discrimination, in 2016.</p><p>Sharing his letter on X, Rahul said he recently met students and teachers from Dalit, Adivasi and OBC communities in Parliament. </p><p>"During the conversation, they told me how they have to face caste-based discrimination in colleges and universities. Babasaheb Ambedkar had shown that education is the only means by which even the deprived can become empowered and break the caste system. But it is very unfortunate that even after decades, lakhs of students are facing caste discrimination in our education system," he said.</p><p>"This discrimination has taken the lives of promising students like Rohith Vemula, Payal Tadvi and Darshan Solanki. Such horrific incidents cannot be tolerated at any cost. Now is the time to put a complete stop to this injustice," he added</p>
