Mumbai: The mother and brother of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula whose suicide rocked Hyderabad Central University campus and the nation, converted to Buddhism on Thursday at Dadar in Mumbai on Thursday in the presence of Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of B R Ambedkar.
Rohith’s mother Radhika and brother Naga Chaitanya Vemula, also known as Raja Vemula, were given ‘deeksha’ by Buddhist monks.
Raja Vemula told the media that his brother was harassed, humiliated and forced to take his own life because of the Hindu caste system.
The conversion ceremony was organised on the occasion of B R Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary.
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