The Congress on Sunday (January 11, 2026) alleged that the "Yogi-Modi trouble-engine" government in Uttar Pradesh ordered the police to "brutally lathi-charge" National Students' Union of India (NSUI) protesters taking out a peaceful march in Varanasi as part of the party's nationwide 'MGNREGA Bachao Sangram'.
Congress general secretary in charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, shared a video clip in which police could be seen purportedly pushing and using force against the protesters.
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In Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Parliamentary Constituency Varanasi, students, led by NSUI national president and my young colleague Varun Chaudhary, held a 'MGNREGA Bachao Sangram' march, Mr. Ramesh said in a post in Hindi on X.
"It was a completely peaceful and democratic demonstration conducted within the framework of constitutional rights, but the Yogi-Modi 'trouble-engine' government was so afraid of being questioned that it ordered the police to brutally lathi-charge the protesters," he alleged.
