Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday wrote to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi informing him that he has instructed his authorized advisor and workforce to organize a draft of the Rohith Vemula Act, a laws that may act as a deterrent in opposition to discrimination in academic establishments.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
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The transfer comes a day after Siddaramaiah stated that the state authorities stands agency in its resolve to enact the Rohith Vemula Act in Karnataka on the earliest, after Gandhi urged him to enact the legislation to make sure that nobody faces caste-based discrimination within the training system.
“The reference in your letter dated 16th April 2025, to the incident faced by Dr B R Ambedkar, as narrated by him is indeed a sad reality even to this day. No child or adult must face the shame and stigma faced by Babasaheb,” Siddaramaiah stated in his letter to the Congress chief.
Assuring that he and his authorities are dedicated to making sure an egalitarian and equal society, the Karnataka chief minister stated, “We must join hands to bring the Dalits, Adivasis and Backward classes into the main stream. That the oppressed classes must no more face any discrimination in our educational system.”
“I have instructed my legal advisor and team to prepare a draft of the Rohith Vemula Act, a legislation that will act as a deterrent against discrimination in educational institutions,” he added.
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In his letter to the Karnataka CM, Gandhi had highlighted the discrimination BR Ambedkar confronted in his lifetime and stated Siddaramaiah would agree that what Ambedkar confronted was shameful and shouldn’t be endured by any little one 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 stated.
“The murder of bright young people like Rohith Vemula, Payal Tadvi and Darshan Solanki is simply not acceptable. 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 B R Ambedkar, Rohit Vemula and millions of others have had to endure,” the Chief of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha stated in his letter.
Rohith Vemula, a Dalit scholar, died by suicide resulting from caste-based discrimination in 2016.