Youth Congress protest at BJP State office triggers tension

Tension erupted at the BJP headquarters in Nampally on Monday following a protest by Youth Congress activists. Allegedly, the demonstrators applied black paint to one of the office gates and set fire to an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The protest aimed to denounce a shuddhikaran ceremony held in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, where AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a public gathering.

The protesters, led by Telangana Youth Congress president Jakkidi Shiva Charan Reddy, also demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah over allegations of pellet gun use during a Congress-led protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi last month, in response to the NEET question paper leak. Police intervened to stop the demonstration and arrested Shiva Charan Reddy, along with several other Youth Congress leaders and activists.

In retaliation, BJYM activists protested at Gandhi Bhavan - Congress headquarters, by drenching the site with eggs. The police managed to prevent the situation from escalating into a full-blown confrontation. Following the incident, Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar expressed criticism of the police and questioned their performance, specifically inquiring how the Youth Congress activists managed to damage the BJP office and burn the effigy openly.

He accused the police and intelligence agencies of failing to secure the State headquarters of a national political party effectively. Sanjay Kumar demanded immediate arrests of those responsible and their prosecution before the court.