At least 30 Congress office bearers and party functionaries were detained during a protest outside Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's residence in Nagpur. Police had set up barricades along the route, and several protesters attempted to climb over them to move closer to the house. The detentions came as Youth Congress workers gathered to demonstrate at the site.
In a separate development, BRS leader K. T. Rama Rao has threatened to hold a protest outside Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's house. Rao accused the Congress party of failing to deliver promised jobs in Telangana. The protest has not yet taken place, but Rao said he would go ahead with it.