Rohith Vemula suicide: Kejriwal to visit Hyderabad University today

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is set to visit the University of Hyderabad to meet the students after the suicide of the Dalit student, Rohith Vemula, who was expelled from the university following a tussle with students affiliated with the student wing of the BJP, Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP).

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, YSR Congress Party leader Jagan Mohan Reddy and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O'Brien have already visited the University of Hyderabad to express their solidarity with the protesting students.

Rohith Vemula suicide: Fresh protests rocks campus, Yechury to visit

Fresh protests today rocked the Hyderabad Central University over the alleged suicide of Dalit student, Rohith Vemula, even as several politicians headed to the city including YSR Congress leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury.

A group of students carrying placards and raising slogans protested in the tense University campus this morning.

Besides Hyderabad many cities across the country including in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune and Chennai were rocked by protests yesterday.