New Delhi, June 20:  Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday took a dig at Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and Congress for playing petty politics on Rahul Vemula's death and making fake promises of providing money to his family. While addressing a Press Conference on Rohit Vemula issue in the national capital, Goyal said the family is not financially stable and fake assurance of money was provided to a distressed mother for political purposes.

Goyal said the Indian Union Muslim League made fake promises to provide them Rs 20 lakh & asked them (Rohith Vemula's family) to address their rallies & misrepresent the unfortunate incident & then not completed that promise. "I was anxious after reading Rohith Vemula's mother's statement. Till when some opposition parties will continue politics over it?", Goyal questioned.

Goyal said the statements of Rohith Vemula's mother are all before the government and said there was an effort made to pressurise the mother to retract from what she had said, probably again on the pretext of giving her some money.

"I received info that even Congress President took them (Vemula's family) to stages & asked them to make statements. It should be exposed what was the intention behind it & what was offered. Rahul Gandhi should apologise for doing petty politics on pillar of lies", Goyal said.

Vemula's family is still yet to get a compensation for a house they were promised from the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) two years ago.   For the unversed, the IUML had promised Radhika Vemula, Rohith's mother, a sanction of Rs 20 lakh towards building a house for the deceased scholar's family. Radhika has alleged that the IUML promised her a house and, she is yet to receive the full compensation.

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