Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan called a 12-hour Odisha bandh on Wednesday demanding the resignation of Education Minister Nityananda Gond over textbook errors.
The protest highlights over 1,700 errors in government school textbooks, including mislabeled geographical locations and historical inaccuracies.
Police deployed security forces across Bhubaneswar while the Board of Secondary Education confirmed that scheduled examinations remain unaffected.