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.
He said that Congress is no longer acting as a responsible political party but as an anti-national party, and that Rahul Gandhi's gang, scared of India's progress, has resorted to tarnishing the country's image.
Congress leader Harish Rawat on Friday defended the Indian Youth Congress's shirtless protest at Bharat Mandapam during the India AI Impact Summit, saying it's the opposition's job to warn against potential misuse of AI.
In a post on X, Singh said that while the world was watching India host the AI Impact Summit and witnessing the country's growing global leadership in the field of technology, the Congress opted for "disruption over contribution."
This comes after a group of Indian Youth Congress workers was detained by the Delhi Police on Friday for staging a protest at the India AI Impact Summit venue, Bharat Mandapam, in the national capital.
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
"The youth very clearly said that this is their exhibition. It is the exhibition. This is the summit for the youth. The youth who want to make the best use of it. They don't believe in the negative politics that Congress was trying to play. We had some bad choices here. We took immediate
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tarun Chugh on Friday criticised the opposition act and said that "Rahul Gandhi kept hatching" every despicable conspiracy under the "foreign toolkit."
Eyewitnesses at the summit condemned the 'shirtless' protest, stating that the opposition intended to create a ruckus and disrupt the summit. Speaking to ANI, one of the eyewitnesses said that the protest gave a bad image to the country.
"Rahul Gandhi Murdabad," the BJP Yuva Morcha activists said while holding a banner with the photograph of the Congress leader that read, "Shames India".
"I believe there is anger in the country, and the anger is on many fronts - regarding the India-US deal. From (tariffs at) 2.9 per cent to 50 per cent, then it went back to 18 per cent, which is being celebrated. Someone is named in the 'file'. There are many issues. However, I feel that