New Delhi, Apr 13 (IANS): Youth Congress workers on Wednesday tried to gherao the residence of Home Minister Amit Shah here, but were stopped by the police.

They were protesting the alleged corruption in the Karnataka government following the death of a contractor, who recently committed suicide holding state minister K.S. Eshwarappa squarely responsible for the act.

The national President of the Indian Youth Congress, Srinivas B.V., questioned the 'silence' of Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai over the matter, asking 'whom is he trying to save?'

The Youth Congress workers alleged that every voice exposing the failure within the BJP will be silenced, which has been confirmed by the death of contractor Santhosh Patil.

"BJP's ploy is that first it will exploit you, and if you complain, it will finish you," Srinivas alleged.

He pointed that Patil, who was a BJP supporter, had urged the Prime Minister of India, the Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader Yeddyurappa to take care of his family.

Patil, a contractor from Belagavi, had stated in his message to mediapersons that he was committing suicide as Eshwarappa was not releasing funds for Rs 4 core worth projects he had executed.

He also charged that he was being forced to pay 40 per cent cut to him. His body was recovered from an Udupi lodge on Tuesday.