IIT Delhi ordered a review after objections to speakers, sessions, and ideological framing, with critics alleging selective scholarship, activist influence, and attempts to internationalise India’s caste discourse through race based comparisons and global advocacy platforms.
The case involves allegations of police involvement, a symbolic marriage performed by Aanchal after the killing, and a wave of misleading caste narratives online that ignored her own clarification about their relationship and her family’s actual community background.
Media reports claimed that for the first time a Dalit could get a hair cut in this Gujarat village. However, the truth is something entirely different as OpIndia learnt during its ground report.
Delhi CM Rekha Gupta hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party, accusing them of having "looted the future of Dalit children" by citing irregularities in the 'Jai Bhim Chief Minister Talent Development Scheme' which was introduced during the AAP regime in Delhi.