Eight years after the PhD student Rohith Vemula died by suicide due to alleged caste-related discrimination at the University of Hyderabad, the Telangana Police has submitted a closure report stating that no one was responsible for his death and that Vemula did not belong to the Dalit community. The closure report mentions that there is insufficient evidence to accuse the former vice chancellor.

During the 2019 poll campaign, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had gone to voters with the “Chowkidar **** ***” slogan, which ultimately proved counterproductive for the opposition alliance. This time round, his ally and RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has been taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a 1990s’ Bollywood number, “Tum to dhokebaaz ho, wada karke bhool jaate ho.”

The case was initially filed at the Gachibowli Police Station in Cyberabad after Rohith was found dead in his hostel room at Hyderabad Central University on January 17, 2016