Congress Accuses BJP of Manipulating Student Protest in Jharkhand

The Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP of attempting to give different colour to the ongoing students protest in Jharkhand, alleging that some members of the BJP Yuva Morcha were being transported from West Bengal in trucks to Jharkhand. The opposition party said the BJP thinks that if a "fake crowd" is sent to the Jharkhand movement to make it look bigger, then the public outrage that has arisen against it will die down. Congress general secretary K C Venugopal shared a video clip purportedly showing youth allegedly being sent by the BJP to participate in the Jharkhand student protest against exam irregularities. In a post in Hindi on X, Venugopal said, "Behold another example of the petty politics of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. Some boys from the BJP Yuva Morcha are being transported from West Bengal in trucks to Jharkhand, and an attempt is being made there to give a different colour to the ongoing non-violent student movement."