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Youth Congress workers staged a sudden protest in front of the Bharatiya Janata Party office in Malleswaram, Bengaluru, over alleged irregularities and paper leaks in the NEET examinations. Hundreds of protesters pushed down barricades and attempted to lay siege to the BJP office, demanding the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the question paper leak. Police intervened, foiled their attempt to gherao the premises, and detained several Youth Congress workers at the scene.

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00:00It's youth congress workers that staged a protest against Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
00:04Youth congress workers staged a protest in front of the BJP office,
00:07condemning alleged irregularities in the NAIT examinations.
00:10Hundreds of workers participated in this very protest
00:13and attempted to lay a siege to the BJP office,
00:16with protesters pushing down barricades and rushing towards the BJP office.
00:20But their attempt to lay a siege was foiled by the police.
00:23This is what we are, in fact, learning about,
00:25and these are visuals coming in from Bengaluru itself as we speak.
00:28It's the NAIT exam and the anger against NAIT exam irregularities
00:33that spilled onto the streets of Malishwaram in Bengaluru,
00:36is what we are given to understand.
00:38And these are all young congress protesters on the streets
00:41with their demands that they have come forward.
00:45Sagai continues to be with us on the broadcast.
00:47Sagai, this is another major protest that we see unfolding in Bengaluru
00:52with regards to the NAIT irregularities.
00:54What exactly happened here?
00:56This was a sudden protest which was being organized by the Youth Congress.
01:01They had tried to grab BJP office in Malishwaram.
01:05And that's when they were being detained.
01:06And this particular protest is against the NAIT paper leak
01:10and demanded the resignation of the Union Home Minister,
01:13Amitsha, where they have alleged that it is a failure of Home Minister Amitsha
01:17in this entire question paper leakage in the NEET examination.
01:23And they tried to get out of Malishwaram BJP office.
01:26However, the police had intervened and detained them.
01:31Right. So, Sagai, from the details that you are currently bringing us,
01:36we can understand there are some of these protesters who have also been detained.
01:39We can see, in fact, in the visuals that we are bringing to you,
01:41viewers on our screens,
01:43there is also quite heavy police action that could be seen.
01:48Just to get an idea, Sagai, here,
01:52that how many detentions have come out to take place
01:54and were there any political leaders who were present at the very protest?
01:59It was a youth congress which had taken a sudden protest.
02:02There was no announcement which was made that they will be staging a protest.
02:06So, they suddenly gathered near a BJP Malishwaram office.
02:11They tried to get out.
02:11They removed the barricade and jumped the barricade.
02:14However, they were not successful to get out of the BJP office.
02:19Police had intervened on the time and detained them.

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