Bengaluru, April 20 -- The Karnataka government is committed to bring "Rohith Vemula Act" to end caste based discrimination in education, chief minister Siddaramaah said on Saturday.

In a letter to Siddaramaiah on Wednesday, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi asked the CM to bring a legislation named after Dalit Ph.D scholar Rohith Vemula, who was a victim of social discrimination, to check caste-based atrocities in educational institutions. Vemula died by suicide in his room in the University of Hyderabad on January 17, 2016, after leaving behind a suicide note that alluded to caste discrimination.

Responding to Rahul's letter, Siddaramaiah said: "I too deeply share your sentiments, we must join hands to bring the Dalit...