The police used water cannons to disperse the Students Federation of India (SFI) activists, who became violent by pulling down the barricades set up by the police and were also seen smashing a riot-shield used by the force

After breaching the barricades, the SFI activists, led by its state secretary P M Arsho, shouted slogans against the central government in connection with the irregularities in the medical entrance exam

They sat down on the road in front of the police personnel who were present in large numbers to prevent the protestors from moving forward

As the protestors ignored repeated demands of the police to disperse, police arrested and removed many of them by force.

On Tuesday, the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of the ruling CPI(M) in Kerala, took out a march to the office of the Accountant General (AG) here in protest against the irregularities in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)

Prior to that, the student and youth wings of the Congress too held protests in the state against the irregularities in NEET

Last week, the Kerala Assembly unanimously passed a resolution condemning the irregularities in the NEET and NET entrance exams conducted by the NTA.

Both the ruling LDF and the opposition Congress-led UDF were also in agreement that the recently reported irregularities in the NEET-UG and UGC-NET exams call into question the National Testing Agency`s (NTA) credibility and its competence to conduct such entrance tests.