AGARTALA, Jan 15 (TIWN): Remembering Rohit Vemula, Tripura CPI-M units will get together on Jan 17th at Agartala on his death anniversary, in a press conference Tafashili Jati Unnayan Samiti told media.

A rally will begin from R S Bhawan at 3.30 PM and will join before Paradise Chowmuhani.

Minister Ratan Bhowmik, MLA Sudhan Das will remain present on that occasion.

Rohith Chakravarti Vemula was an Indian PhD student at the University of Hyderabad who committed suicide on 17 January 2016. His death occurred after a controversy which extended over several months starting in July 2015.