In Rajya Sabha, Mayawati, Yechury slam Smriti Irani over Rohith Vemula, Mahishasur remarks

Mayawati and Sitaram Yechury expressed their anger at Smriti Irani’s statement on Rohith Vemula suicide.

BSP chief Mayawati and CPM leader Sitaram Yechury took on HRD Minister Smriti Irani in Rajya Sabha on Friday, expressing anger at the minister’s statements on Dalit student Rohith Vemula’s suicide and her reference to Mahishasur Martyrdom Day.

Mayawati went as far as to ask if Irani would keep her word on beheading herself since she had failed to include a Dalit member in the judicial commission probing Vemula’s death.

Earlier this week, in response to Mayawati’s persistent demand for an assurance on the inclusion of a Dalit member in the commission, Irani had said, “I am ready to reply to all questions.

First you allow the discussion. You are senior to me. You are a woman. If you are not satisfied with my reply, I am ready to behead myself and lay it at your feet.”