About 150 academicians from across India on Monday condemned the Indian Youth Congress' "shirtless" protest during the India AI Impact Summit, terming the act "disgraceful and shameful," Director of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation, Binay Kumar Singh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the party of turning a gobal event into an arena for "dirty and shameless politics," saying its conduct had "brought embarrassment" to the country before foreign dignitaries.
On Monday, Gadag district Shirahatti BJP MLA Chandru Lamani was raided by the Lokayukta, and three people were caught red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of five lakh rupees from a contractor.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam on Saturday declared that the "shirtless" protest conducted by the Congress at the AI Impact Summit has shamed the nation.
Samajwadi Party chief and Congress' INDIA bloc ally, Akhilesh Yadav, on Saturday criticised the Indian Youth Congress' "shirtless" protest at the AI Impact Summit, saying it brought "shame" to the nation.
A BJP Yuva Morcha worker said, "The Indian Youth Congress workers carried out a very shameful incident yesterday. For Rahul Gandhi, AI means anti-India.
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday strongly criticised the protest staged by the Indian Youth Congress during the India AI Impact Summit, calling it "shameful" and alleging that it amounted to defaming the country at a time when global technology leaders were honouring India.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has termed the conduct of the Congress at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 as highly unfortunate and shameful, alleging that it was an attempt to tarnish the country's image on an international stage.
The protest, organised by IYC cadres, saw party workers removing their shirts at the venue as a mark of dissent. In a statement, the IYC said the protest was against a "compromised Prime Minister who has traded the identity of the country at the AI Summit."
In a self-made video, Thakur said, "Indecent slogans were raised against PM Modi by the Congress party. What problem does the Congress party have with the development of the nation? To what level will the Congress party stoop to shame the nation? Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the natio
"Rahul Gandhi Murdabad," the BJP Yuva Morcha activists said while holding a banner with the photograph of the Congress leader that read, "Shames India".