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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru/Udupi

Mangaluru/Udupi, Feb 28: Bharatiya Janata Party members, aiming to stage a protest over the incident where Rajya Sabha MP Naseer Hussain's supporters reportedly shouting ‘Pakistan zindabad’ in the corridors of Vidhana Soudha, attempted to lay seige to the Congress office in Mallikatte on Wednesday February 28.

The BJP members, expressing their outrage, converged outside the Congress office. The standoff led to heightened security measures. Police were deployed in front of the district Congress office to prevent any untoward incidents.

Mangaluru 

Udupi

Police forces remain on high alert, patrolling the area and closely monitoring the situation to prevent any potential escalation or harmful incidents.

Heavy police protection has been implicated in Brahmagiri circle in Udupi as both Congress and BJP have resorted to protests against each other over the alleged ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogans heard at Bengaluru during victory celebrations of the Congress candidate.

Udupi BJP under the leadership of its district president Kishore Kumar Kundapur and Udupi MLA Yashpal Suvarna have planned to lay siege to the Congress office situated at Brahmagiri.

Meanwhile, the Congress also has called for its members to gather in large number to protest against the move.

A large number of police personnel are also beefed-up in the area.

Later, chaos ensued between the BJP workers and police as the BJP workers tried to lay siege on the Congress office in Brahmagiri.

Udupi police foiled the siege operation by placing barricades and even took the custody of a few BJP leaders including MLA Yashpal Suvarna.

A big number of Congress leaders and workers had also gathered near the Congress office.

It may be recalled, Karnataka BJP filed a police complaint against Rajya Sabha MP Naseer Hussain late on Tuesday night, demanding legal action against the Congress leader after his supporters allegedly raised ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans in the Assembly premises while celebrating his victory in the RS polls. However, Hussain's supporters denied the allegation and claimed they had shouted 'Nasir Saab zindabad' and there was no mention of ‘Pakistan’, unlike what was alleged by the police and BJP functionaries.