It’s a well known fact that Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal has taken much interest in the suicide of Rohit Vemula. Kejriwal has even offered a class ‘C’ job to his brother Vemula Chaitanya Kumar. But his act of solidarity doesn’t seem to have been well received by the Delhi public. A PIL was filed in the Delhi high court questioning the act. The petitioner has alleged that such decision was ‘illegal and politically motivated’ as Rohit’s family has not asked for any such favour.

Further the petitioner criticised that Rohit Vemula was neither a resident of Delhi nor was he in any way related to it. The PIL has urged the court to quash the Cabinet’s decision by setting Chaitanya’s appointment aside. The petitioner feels that such appointments would harm the interests of Delhi youth who are trying to get a job on their own merit. It has also asked the court to give directions to Delhi regarding the appointments to be made on compassionate ground.