Jaipur, Mar 2 (PTI) Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha workers on Wednesday staged a protest against Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra and party's election in-charge Sanjay Nirupam, showing them black flags in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district.

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Dotasra and Nirupam were on a visit to Jhunjhunu to launch a Congress membership drive.

BJYM workers held a demonstration and showed black flags to their convoy in protest against the alleged rigging in the REET examination.

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After the Congress workers came to know of it, they tried to push the BJYM workers back from the road. A worker was later detained, police said.

BJP's Jhunjhunu district president Pawan Mandaviya said when BJYM workers wanted to demonstrate democratically against the rigging in the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers - 2021 (REET), Seva Dal workers beat up BJYM activists.

He said such acts have no place in a democracy, it is an act that violates the limits of democracy.

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