BJP Workers Lathi-Charged By Police During Jharkhand Secretariat Gherao Protest. IN PICS

BJP workers faced water cannons and were lathi charged as they clashed with police in Jharkhand during a march to gherao the state secretariat.

Police personnel use water cannons to disperse BJP supporters in Ranchi

BJP workers were lathi-charged in Ranchi on Tuesday as they marched to the Jharkhand Secretariat as part of the 'Jharkhand Sachivalaya Gherav' protest against the JMM-Congress-RJD government's 'misrule'. (Source: PTI)

The BJP workers in Ranchi held a protest outside the Jharkhand secretariat against the Hemant Soren government's failure to tackle 'unemployment, corruption, and deteriorating law and order'. (Image: PTI)

More than 15,000 BJP workers, including all 12 MPs from the state, started the protest march from Jagannathpur Field. Former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi along with Raghubar Das, another former chief minister, Union Ministers Arjun Munda and Annapurna Devi and BJP MPs from the state led the rally. (Source: PTI)

BJP said at least 18 party workers were injured in the police lathi charge. The protest has been called a 'political gimmick' by the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. (Source: PTI)

Ranchi senior superintendent of police Kishore Kaushal said a total 20 people were arrested. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of Cr Pc was clamped in areas around the Secretariat as a deterrant. (Source: PTI)

BJP state president Deepak Prakash said 3.27 lakh government posts were vacant but the Hemant Soren govt had no intention to provide jobs to the youths of the state, who are forced to migrate to other places for employment. (Source: PTI)

BJP has described the protests as one of the biggest events so far in the state. The party has alleged the chief minister takes “wrong decisions and bureaucrats follow them". (Image: PTI)