Chandigarh, July 24 -- The protest demanding accountability for alleged paper leaks in national examinations entered its fifth day at the Sector 17 Plaza on Thursday, with demonstrators calling for a unified movement after multiple groups allegedly staged parallel demonstrations.

"When the cause is the same, our voices need to be heard together, not from different corners," said one of the protesters. What began with separate groups independently calling for the protest has, over the past four days, slowly turned into a single, shared voice, with protesters largely steering clear of any political outfit taking overall charge.

However, the absence of "one clear leader" was beginning to cause friction within the movement. "We need somebod...