Left organisations are lending decibels to the current voices protesting Dr Payal Tadvi's death. Tadvi, the post graduation student studying gynaecology at BYL Topiwala National Medical College and Nair Hospital, killed herself after alleged caste slurs and harassment allegedly tipped her over the edge. Tadvi was a Dalit-tribal.

Political potboiler

The suicide finds echo in Rohith Vemula's suicide at his Hyderabad college campus and has the Left and the Right wing slinging arrows at each other. Here, the Tadvi case may not reach the same political proportions as Vemula's, but, "we have already protested yesterday (Monda) and the Left is going to be following this case with absolute tenacity," said Ashok Dhawale national president, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS). The AIKS was joined by Jaati Ant Sangharsh Samiti and All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA). Dhawale said, "Protests are going to be held all over Maharashtra, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) student arm Students Federation of India (SFI) will pursue this."