India, Sept. 24 -- Hundreds of youths and students from across Odisha on Wednesday joined the BJD's 'assembly gherao' agitation here, demanding the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over the large-scale errors in the school textbooks.

Braving incessant rain, the protesters breached two barricades set up by the police, leading to a scuffle with security personnel. Later, several leaders of the BJD's youth and student wings were taken into preventive custody.

The youths' agitation, which continued overnight at the Mahatma Gandhi March here, was also joined by the BJD's senior leaders, MPs and MLAs.

BJD members also stalled the assembly proceedings for two days over the textbook error issue.

The errors inc...