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Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted a link to the speech Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani made in the Lok Sabha during the debate on the ongoing JNU row and the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula at the Hyderabad Central University.
“Do hear this speech by @smritiirani. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v3PlGs8…Satyamev Jayate,” Modi tweeted from his personal handle on Wednesday.
The tweet was re-tweeted more than 11,000 times.
Irani had delivered a spirited and emotional speech in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, strongly refuting allegations concerning her ministry over the controversies. Earlier in the day, she also had a verbal clash with BSP supremo Mayawati in the Rajya Sabha.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh had also complimented Irani for her speech in the lower house of Parliament.
The JNU has been on the boil after a police crackdown on students accused of shouting anti-India slogans, while Hyderabad Central University had erupted in protests against alleged harassment of Dalit students following the suicide on January 17 of Rohith Vemula, who was one of the five suspended following a clash with an ABVP leader.
