Khati community members on Tuesday staged a strident protest at the BJP office here alleging lack of representation to the community in the new executive committees of the ruling party in Madhya Pradesh and its city unit in Indore. The protesters alleged that the BJP was neglecting the community by not giving proper representation to its leaders in its organisation, an accusation denied by the ruling party.

Eyewitnesses reported that protesters gathered in front of the local BJP office and burned an effigy of the party's city unit president Sumit Mishra. Amid sloganeering, a violent protester blackened Mishra's photo on a banner outside the BJP office and later tore it down, they said. According to the eyewitnesses, the protesters then entered the BJP office and also blackened Mishra's nameplate.