Hyderabad: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday met the students of Hyderabad Central University who have been protesting against the suicide of research scholar Rohith Vemula, who was found hanging in a hostel room on Sunday.

Rahul Gandhi had reportedly told the protesting students that his doors will always be open for them.

Later, Office of Rahul Gandhi had tweeted: “I agree with the students here. Rohith committed suicide but the conditions for his suicide were created by the VC and the minister (Bandaru Dattatreya).”

Gandhi Scion said that there should be no discrimination on the basis of caste. “Rohith came to university with a certain hope: Rahul Gandhi. Rohit Vemula’s family should be paid compensation,” he said adding that he too would demand removal of Vice Chancellor P Appa Rao.

Meanwhile, protests have been taking place across the country as a mark of resentment against Vemula’s death.

While around 50 dalit students of Central University of Gujarat (CUG) held a peaceful protest in Gandhinagar, the activists of Punjab Ambedkar Sena Moolnivasi took out a protest march and burnt effigy of Union Minister Smriti Irani and demanded sacking of Union MoS for Labour Bandaru Dattatreya.

On the Hyderabad University campus, scores of students intensify their protests, demanding that Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, BJP MLC Ramchander Rao, university’s Vice Chancellor P Appa Rao and two ABVP leaders, against whom cases were registered for abetting suicide of Rohit, be jailed.

Several students in campuses outside the state too had boycotted classes in solidarity with their Hyderabad Central University counterparts.