Karnataka Youth Congress workers detained during protest against NEET exam irregularities

Several Karnataka Youth Congress workers were detained on Sunday while attempting to gherao the BJP office in Malleswaram during a protest over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination and a series of student suicides and later released, news agency PTI reported. The demonstrators gathered near the BJP office and raised slogans against the Centre, accusing the Union government of failing to address concerns surrounding the examination. They alleged that the government was "playing with the future" of lakhs of students. Police detained the protesters who had assembled at the spot and released them later. In a statement, the Youth Congress alleged that police used a lathi-charge to disperse its members during the protest. The organisation said the demonstration was aimed at demanding the resignation of Union Home minister Amit Shah. Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee president H S Manjunath condemned the alleged police action and said peaceful protest was a constitutional right in a democracy. "The lathi-charge on Youth Congress workers who took to the streets for the future and justice of students is highly condemnable and cowardly. The lathi-charge was carried out to suppress the voice of the people and hide the truth," Manjunath said.