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Watch: The father of an IIT Bombay student calls for a candle march in memory of his deceased son

by TLAteam February 17, 2023February 17, 2023
written by TLAteam February 17, 2023February 17, 2023
Watch: The father of an IIT Bombay student calls for a candle march in memory of his deceased son

Many student organisations in Gujarat and other regions of the nation have been urged to organise a peace procession that will end with a march lit only by candles in honour of Darshan Solanki, a student who allegedly committed suicide at IIT Bombay.

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Rameshbhai Solanki, Darshan’s father, urged students to join the candle-lit march while referring to it as a social cause rather than a political one in a video shared by Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani.

The procession and candle march is to be heldbetween 6.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. on Sunday, he added.

IIT के दर्शन सोलंकी के पिता की अपील:

19 फरवरी को पूरे देश में केंडल मार्च
समय: शाम 7:00 बजे#JusticeForDarshanSolanki pic.twitter.com/iVGJITN02M

— Jignesh Mevani (@jigneshmevani80) February 17, 2023

A day before, the distraught family had expressed suspicions of foul play behind the extreme measure taken by Solanki – who hailed from a Dalit family – shocking the educational circles all over the country.

The police had earlier recorded the family’s initial statements and are now questioning other students and hostelites on various aspects, including allegations of caste discrimination, which the IIT-B management has officially denied.

A student body on the campus, Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle-IITB, had issued a detailed statement last Monday pointing at alleged caste discrimination, which the IIT-B has rejected outright.

Meanwhile, Dalit leader and Congress MLA from Vadgam, Jignesh Mevani, on Thursday demanded an investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the death of Solanki.

Mevani told the media in Ahmedabad that the tragic incident involved a Dalit student who got into IIT Bombay after clearing the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) with flying colours.

The Maharashtra government should set up an SIT to probe the incident because the family suspects foul play, Mevani said. The Dalit leader also demanded that the government should pay Rs 50 lakh compensation to the deceased student’s family.

Solanki’s father, Ramesh Solanki, has alleged that his son was harassed by the other students because “we are Dalits”.

“When he visited us during Makar Sankranti, he had complained to his aunt that the other students were harassing him, taunting him that ‘because you are a Dalit, you got an opportunity to study free of cost’,” Ramesh Solanki said.

In a related development, the students of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalay in Wardha have sent a memorandum to President Draupadi Murmu urging the Centre to enact a ‘Rohith Vemula Act’ to safeguard students from marginalised communities in nationally important institutions of higher learning and end the suicides that are being reported from there, citing the two cases – one each at IIT-B and IIT-Madras this week – and an attempted suicide case in IIT-Madras.

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