Indore, February 21 Nearly 10 people, including a police officer and two journalists, were injured after members of the Congress and the BJP's youth wing, BJYM, clashed and threw stones at each other during a protest in Indore on Saturday, officials said.
They said police had to use water cannons to disperse the crowd.
Chaos erupted after a group of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) members reached the Congress office, 'Gandhi Bhavan', here and tried to surround it to protest against a demonstration by Youth Congress workers at the 'AI Impact Summit' in New Delhi the previous day.
Indian Youth Congress workers staged a dramatic "shirtless protest" during the AI summit in the national capital on Friday, walking around holding t-shirts with slogans against the government and the India-US trade deal printed on them. They also repeatedly shouted, "PM is compromised."
After learning about the presence of BJYM members outside Gandhi Bhavan, Congress workers also gathered at the spot, officials said.
Eyewitnesses said police erected barricades around the Congress office to prevent workers from both sides from moving forward. However, both groups began throwing stones at each other.
During the clash, water bottles, oranges, and tomatoes were also thrown. To bring the situation under control, police used water cannons, officials said.
"During the slogans from both sides, some miscreants began throwing stones at each other. Action is being taken after identifying the accused," Additional Police Commissioner Amit Singh told