India, July 29 -- The Pune unit of the Indian National Congress (INC) on Tuesday announced it would stage protests during Union Home minister Amit Shah's visit to Pune on August 1, accusing the Centre of using excessive force against students protesting the alleged NEET examination paper leak and demanding accountability.

In separate statements, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress senior vice-president and former MLA Mohan Joshi and Pune City (East) Congress president Prashant Jagtap said party workers would protest along Shah's route unless he explained the alleged police action on students in Delhi.

Joshi alleged that students and journalists were injured in the police action and said Shah, as the Union home minister under whose ministry the...