More than 500 students from various districts of Telangana reached Hyderabad on Thursday evening. They planned to organise a protest after the Central government announced the Agnipath Recruitment Scheme on 14 June. The protestors are reportedly Army Common Entrance Examination (CEE) aspirants which has not been conducted over the last two years due to Covid-19. They started planning the protest through various groups on WhatsApp and Telegram. The aspirants are part of these groups that essentially act as study groups.