Hyderabad: Social Media activists within the country and the vast Indian Diaspora abroad took to Twitter and Facebook massively Monday to condemn the top brass of University of Hyderabad as also Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, for their actions that allegedly led to the suicide of Dalit PhD scholar Rohith Vemula.
Hundreds of social media users including Indian students at Oxford University changed their Facebook Display Pictures to Rohith’s photo with a caption: “Punish the culprit! Institutional murder of Dalit Research Scholar Rohith Vemula.” The next widely uploaded Facebook Display Picture said: “I am Narendra Dabholkar. I am Govind Pansare. I am MM Kalburgi. I am Muhammad Akhlaq. I am Rohith Vemula. I am...
Another widely shared Facebook post posed, “Am I next?” Several prominent personalities including Justice Markandeya Katju and Kavita Krishnan shared their thoughts on the suicide in their official social media handles. In twitter, hashtag #Hyderabad, #Dalitlivesmatter, and #Rohithvemula were trending throughout the day.
