Jamshedpur, Dec. 18 -- Congress party workers clashed with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) counterparts on Thursday in Sakchi as they tried to break police barricades during a gherao (siege) of the saffron party's Jamshedpur Mahanagar office over the court's inaction on the ED chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case, people familiar with the matter said.

"The court rejecting the ED chargesheet has vindicated our stand that the BJP government at the Centre has been harassing our leaders on baseless corruption allegations and using agencies like the ED and CBI as political tools. Congress is compelled to hit the streets to save the Constitution and justice. The BJP has called goons to make it violent,...