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Youth Congress activists stage demonstration as PM Modi arrives in Kozhikode

Protesters were holding banners showing pictures of Rohith Vemula

Youth Congress activists stage demonstration as PM Modi arrives in Kozhikode

Press Trust of India Kozhikode
Around 200 youth Congress activists today held a demonstration near Karipur Airport here against the alleged anti-people policies of the NDA government as Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here to attend the Global Ayurveda meet.

Police blocked the protesters, who were holding banners showing pictures of Dalit Research scholar Rohith Vemula of Hyderabad University, who had committed suicide.

They were removed and the Prime minister's convoy moved to the venue of the meet.

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First Published: Feb 02 2016 | 12:42 PM IST

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