Parents of IIT Bombay student plan hunger strike over alleged discrimination
The parents of Sahil Wakode, a student from Maharashtra’s Yavatmal, plan to begin a hunger strike at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan. Wakode had told them he was being subjected to caste slurs and discrimination, according to NDTV’s report.
The parents of IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode are set to begin a hunger strike at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan, NDTV reported. Wakode is from Yavatmal in Maharashtra. According to the report, he had complained to his parents that he was being subjected to caste slurs and discrimination.
The supplied material does not specify when the hunger strike will begin, how long it is expected to continue or which authorities the parents are seeking to address. It also does not provide a response from IIT Bombay, details of any inquiry or the findings of any investigation into the allegations. The planned protest follows the complaints that Wakode reportedly made to his parents.
Further information about his current status and the institution’s position was not included in the supplied report.
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