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Pratap Simha, BJP MP from Mysuru, compared her to dreaded gangster Dawood   The campaign of   Gurmehar Kaur   a Kargil martyr’s daughter, against the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Monday drew controversial reactions from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders with Union minister Kiren Rijiju wondering who was “polluting” her mind and another comparing her with wanted gangster Dawood Ibrahim. Pratap Simha, BJP MP from Mysuru, tweeted, “At least Dawood did not use the crutches of his father’s name to justify his anti-national stand.”     His tweet came as Kaur’s campaign went viral online with her photograph in which she said, “Pakistan did not kill my father. War killed him.” To mock her, Simha also posted a photograph showing Dawood with the message, “I didn’t kill people in 1993. Bombs killed them.” Rijiju also took to Twitter to take a dig at her. “Who’s polluting this young girl’s mind? Strong armed forces prevent a war....

Escalating its attack on the Centre over the issue of a dalit scholar’s alleged suicide in Hyderabad University,Congress today demanded immediate sacking of HRD Minister Smriti Irani and Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya.  “…Irani is lying through her teeth in a bid to protect the ABVP leader. She is misleading the nation by giving false information,” Congress chief spokesman Randeep Surjewala said, seeking to dismiss the claims of Irani on the issue.  Irani had yesterday said that the ABVP leader, who was attacked in student rivalry earlier, also belonged to the OBC community as was Dattatreya, who had written a letter to her about the attack. Read Articles

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. ALSO READ: Protests continue at University of Hyderabad over Dalit scholar’s suicide Reddy and Yechury are scheduled to meet the protesting students of the University today.   Read Articles

Going on the offensive on the dalit student’s suicide case in Hyderabad, Congress today demanded that HRD Minister Smriti Irani should be removed along with Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, against whom an FIR has been lodged. Party spokesperson Kumari Selja told reporters here that both Irani and Dattatreya should resign or else Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take action against the two by sacking them. She said that the HRD Minister has “misguided” the whole country as she had written a number of letters on the issue and that Dattatreya was “against dalit students in order to promote ABVP”. ALSO READ:  Rohith Vemula suicide: Digvijay Singh asks student wings to unite against communal forces Rohith Vemula Didn’t Get Fellowship For Past 7 Months, Says Letter Dalit Student Rohith Vemula’s Suicide ‘Murder Of Democracy’: Kejriwal Rohith Vemula Suicide: Rahul Gandhi To Visit Hyderabad University Dalit Student Suicide: FTII Students Sit On Hunger Strike D...