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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, Oct 16: Several local BJP leaders and members were detained by the police after they staged a road blockade at the busy PVS circle here on Monday October 16.
The district BJP leaders were protesting against minister Roshan Baig for his recent derogatory comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The protestors, which also included women, sat in dharna at the PVS circle and blocked traffic.
They raised slogans condemning Baig and demanding his resignation.
The police intervened and rounded them up, and took them away in police vans.
Those detained included BJP district president Sanjeeva Matandoor, Roopa D Bangera, Monappa Bhandary, Yogish Bhat, Brijesh Chowta, Kishore Rai and others.