They demanded that the recommendations be implemented and a grievance redressal committtee be set up in colleges and universities. Addressing the press, DU professor Ratan Lal said, “A suicide is not just suicide; it is the outcome of institutional oppression. Why, despite so many liberal and progressive MPs, is caste-based discrimination of students not becoming a political question?”“Since the last two years, caste-based discrimination in educational institutions is becoming common. The Thorat Committtee had recommended that there be a grievance cell, but the government has not paid any heed to it. Meanwhile, the JNU Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) met the V-C demanding that the university take “immediate steps to constitute a mechanism to address grievances of caste-based discrimination in our university”.

Source: Indian Express March 15, 2017 22:07 UTC