Nearly six Congress leaders were injured when a stage collapsed during a protest against the ruling BJP in Bhopal on Monday. Among the injured were Dharmendra Singh Chouhan, chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Congress farmer wing, and veteran party leader from Gwalior, Gulab Singh. The protest was organized by the Opposition Congress on the first day of the state Assembly’s budget session. Police personnel, already deployed at the site, promptly transported the injured to the hospital using ambulances. Water cannons were used to disperse the protesters, who tried to breach police barricades and break into the Vidhan Sabha, the state’s parliament building. The BJP government has been accused of shielding influential individuals, including politicians and senior bureaucrats, implicated in corruption cases. “Why have Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and the BJP leadership remained silent? Investigating agencies have uncovered the involvement of several BJP leaders andSenior bureaucrats,” said the Leader of the Opposition, Umang Singhar, earlier in the day.