Jabalpur, April 18 -- Tensions flared in the state capital on Thursday as workers of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) staged a protest near the Congress office, burning effigies of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and raising objectionable slogans over the National Herald case. The demonstration prompted a swift police response, with security personnel dousing the flames and intervening during a brief altercation and scuffle between protesters and law enforcement.

BJYM State President Vaibhav Pawar accused the Congress leadership of attempting to mislead the public and undermine investigative agencies to evade scrutiny in an alleged Rs 2,000 crore financial fraud. He cited the overlapping leadership between Associated Journals Limited ...