PM Modi shedding ‘crocodile tears’ over Rohith Vemula’s death: AAP

New Delhi : Questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘late’ reaction to the death of Rohit Vemula, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday accused the former of shedding ‘crocodile tears and being in damage control’ mode, as the Dalit scholar’s suicide was affecting the Centre politically.”The Prime Minister is shedding crocodile tears over the student’s death. He did not say a word for five days over this issue and his own ministers Bandaru Dattatreya and Smriti Irani are being highlighted with grave severity in this entire issue,” AAP leader Ashutosh told ANI here.Holding the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) partially responsible for Vemula’s death, he added that the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of BJP, had slapped false cases against the Dalit scholar and that the vice chancellor of the Hyderabad University was under constant pressure by the Union Ministers.”The boy was pushed to the limit of committing suicide and after everything that has happened since, the Prime Minister has now found the time to shed tears. Was he sleeping for the past five days?” Ashutosh added.He also accused Prime Minister Modi of taking a ‘long time’ to react in comparison to similar situations regarding his own ministers and said that it indicated the Centre’s mentality towards the Dalits and the minorities.