What do we call an occasion when people show that they disagree with something by standing around a person in authority and not letting the person leave until the person agrees to do what the people want?
Confinement
Wrongful restraint
Blockade
Gherao
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UPSC CISF-AC-EXE – 2024
The description accurately defines ‘Gherao’. Gherao is a tactic of protest involving surrounding a person in authority to compel them to meet demands, often by physically preventing them from leaving.
Gherao is a specific form of protest involving the encirclement and detention of a person, typically an authority figure, to exert pressure and achieve demands.