Bengaluru, Feb. 18 -- A coalition of student groups, Dalit organisations and activists on Tuesday demanded the government to release for public consultation a proposed law known as the Rohith Vemula Act and introduce it in the upcoming budget session.

The demand was made by the Campaign for Rohith Vemula Act, a collective that said it had spent two years preparing a "People's Draft" aimed at ensuring equal educational opportunities for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students. The group said the draft had already been submitted to the state government but had not been made public despite several rounds of consultations.

Speaking at a press conference, Mavalli Shankar, state convener of the Dalit Sangharsh Samiti (Ambedkarvada), said...