Hyderabad: Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Council Mohd. Shabbir Ali on Saturday accused the TRS government of implementing the RSS agenda of saffronisation of education.
Addressing a press conference at the Assembly Media Point on Saturday, Mr Shabbir Ali said that the recent incidents of violence in University of Hyderabad and Osmania University were clear proof that the state government was being remotely controlled by the RSS to target students who are opposing casteism and communalism in educational institutions.
He said that the NDA government at the Centre and TRS government in TS were jointly responsible for unleashing a reign of terror on the student community, especially those belonging to Dalit, ST, BC and minority communities.
Mr Shabbir Ali questioned the inaction of Cyberabad police in arresting HCU Vice-Chancellor P. Appa Rao despite a case under SC/ST Atrocities Act being registered against him.
“How could Appa Rao be allowed to enter the university despite him facing a criminal case and an inquiry of one-man judicial commission pending against him,” Mr Shabbir Ali asked.
He also objected to the indiscriminate arrests of students, most of whom were between 19-23 years. Mr Shabbir Ali alleged that the UoH students were brutally beaten up and shifted to various police stations in ambulance.
“En-route, they were beaten up and were asked whether they could call Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for help,” he said.
