The Punjab Youth Congress in Chandigarh have come on roads to protest against the Centre. They are demanding the release of the funds kept for the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) scholarship at the Centre. The protests rose so fast that the Chandigarh Police was forced to use water cannons on the protestors. News agency ANI reported the protest and wrote, "Chandigarh: Protest by Punjab Youth Congress workers demanding release of SC/ST scholarship funds from Centre,Police use water cannons."