Youth Congress national president BV Srinivas, who participated in the protest, said that 5,000 Rajiv Gandhi Yuva Mitra should be given employment again.
Police deploy water cannon to disperse Youth Congress workers attempting to breach barricades, marching towards Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann's residence, protesting alleged law and order deterioration.
Several Indian Youth Congress (IYC) leaders and workers holding banners gathered here and raised slogans against the Centre.
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement on November 19 that the Centre will repeal three contentious farm laws, Kangana Ranaut posted Instagram stories, saying India is a "Jihadist Nation" and calling for dictatorship in the country, the complaint by the youth wing of the Congress said.
Youth Congress workers did not understand the hashtag "2019inwords" at first and posted a prediction for the upcoming year instead of summing up this year.
"Around 70-80 Congress protesters, including Ashok Gehlot, Anand Sharma and Bhupinder Singh Hooda have been detained," police said.
The youth Congress workers also raised anti-Modi and anti-Shah slogans as the BJP national president stepped out of NSC Bose International airport.
Kannur district Congress committee president Sateeshan Pacheni and Youth Congress workers had held 24 hour fast earlier demanding the immediate arrest of the accused.
Former Kerala CM Oomen Chandy said CM Pinarayi Vijayan's silence on the murder was not only surprising, but also creates fear
In what could be a major indication of Rahul Gandhi joining the UPA government, the Congress General Secretary on Thursday said he would play a "more active role in party and government".
Holding that the "biggest corruption" is within the country's political system, Rahul Gandhi today asked youth to enter politics and help snuff out the scourge.
Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will be addressing a two day convention of the youth congress on Monday.