New Delhi: Days after members of the youth wing staged a “shirtless” demonstration in the course of the India AI Influence Summit 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday slammed the Congress, accusing it of undermining nationwide plans.
“The Congress has turned a world occasion right into a stage for ‘Gandhi aur nangi’ (soiled and shameless) politics,” PM Modi stated at a public assembly in Meerut after the departure of the Namo Bharat practice.
He stated the summit was not a Bharatiya Janata Social gathering occasion, including that the protests by Indian Youth Congress (IYC) employees violated the sanctity of a nationwide occasion.
“The Congress ought to have remembered that the AI International Summit shouldn’t be a BJP occasion however a program for this nation. It was a program for the distinction of the nation. However the day earlier than yesterday, the Congress broke all decorum. At this time, individuals throughout the nation are spitting on the insurance policies and practices of the Congress, and we’re witnessing its misfortune…As a substitute of feeling ashamed, the leaders of those previous events are making a fuss with shamelessness. This corrupt coverage of the Congress is being condemned throughout the nation,” he stated.
On Friday, members of the Indian Youth (IYC) staged a “shirtless” protest on the India AI Influence Summit venue in New Delhi, holding T-shirts with pictures of Prime Minister Modi and US President Donald Trump and elevating slogans in opposition to the federal government and the India-US deal.
Later the identical day, Delhi Police arrested 4 Youth Congress employees in reference to the protests. An investigation can be underway to uncover the broader conspiracy behind the incident.
Talking in Meerut on Sunday, Prime Minister Modi claimed that the Congress management was motivated by private enmity relatively than political variations. “Congress leaders hate Mr. Modi. They’re attempting to dig my grave. They do not even hesitate to insult my mom,” he stated.
He added: “One of many issues that I’m glad with is that within the Delhi incident that came about, all our allies within the Congress confirmed the braveness to criticize the Congress in its entirety. I publicly categorical my gratitude to them for this.”
Prime Minister Modi additionally stated that India efficiently hosted a world summit attended by representatives of over 80 international locations. “However, our compatriots are toiling day and evening for India’s growth, however there are political events on this nation who can not digest India’s success. You simply noticed that the world’s largest AI Influence Summit was held in India,” he stated.
“Such a gathering has by no means been held in any growing nation on this planet earlier than. However the Congress and its ecosystem turned India’s international occasion right into a stage for bare and soiled politics. On the occasion venue, Congress employees appeared undressed in entrance of overseas company. I ask Congress leaders: Why did it is advisable to take your garments off when the nation already is aware of you might be bare anyway?”
Prime Minister Modi talked about that he had determined to not point out the parliamentary funds invoice in anticipation of confusion by opposition girls members, and stated, “You can not turn into prime minister simply by sending girls MPs to occupy seats. Have we turn into so empty as a nation that we are actually pushing our moms and sisters for that objective? Parliament has turn into a burden to the nation.”
(Edited by Amrutanshu Arora)
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