Mangalore, August 9: As part of nationwide protest against Union Government's corruption, student activists of the city unit of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishat on Tuesday formed human chain and staged road block at Bunts Hostel Circle here.
The angry students raised slogans against United Progressive Alliance regime and held Congress led Government responsible for unbridled corruption across the country.
The agitators held up traffic at the bustling circle at least for 10 minutes, which resulted in traffic jam on many roads leading to the circle.
Speaking on the occasion Mithesh, an ABVP activist said that the UPA government should take moral responsibility for the Commonwealth Games, 2G spectrum and other scams and step down.
The protesters also urged the government to take initiatives to bring back Rs 400 lakh crore deposited illegally in Swiss banks and the same amount should be declared as national assets.
Tricolour Jatha
Mr Mithesh informed that ABVP would undertake a tricolour jatha across India on August 15 to highlight the high profile scams involving the Union Government.
“The jatha among other demands would press for central and state governments to take steps to control land grab and illegal mining, give greater powers to the institution of Lok Ayukta, usher in e-governance on a large scale to bring about greater transparency in administration”, he said.
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