Highly condemnable, shameful: Priyanka slams arrest of IYC leaders

Congress wide caput Priyanka Gandhi Vadra connected Wednesday (February 25, 2026) said the enactment taken against Youth Congress members for raising the dependable of the radical is "highly condemnable" and "shameful".

She asserted that it is successful the involvement of 1.4 cardinal Indians to rise dependable against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the authorities which has "compromised" India's interests by bowing to planetary pressure.

Her remarks came a time aft Delhi Police arrested Indian Youth Congress president Uday Bhanu Chib arsenic the "main conspirator" and "mastermind" of the shirtless protestation astatine the AI Summit past week, and added charges of rioting against him and six different IYC workers held earlier.

In a station successful Hindi connected X, Priyanka Gandhi said, "Peaceful and non-violent absorption for information is our arrogant heritage, inherited from Mahatma Gandhi and millions of our Indian ancestors." "It is successful the involvement of 1.4 cardinal Indians to rise their dependable against the Prime Minister and the government, who person compromised India's interests by bowing to planetary pressure," she said.

"The enactment taken against Youth Congress members for raising the dependable of the radical is highly condemnable and shameful. The Congress Party stands firmly with the fearless soldiers of the Youth Congress," she said.

On Friday (February 20, 2026), a radical of IYC workers staged a melodramatic protestation wrong Hall No. 5 of the acme venue by removing their shirts to uncover T-shirts printed with slogans against the authorities and the India-U.S. interim commercialized deal, earlier being whisked distant by information personnel.

The Congress has powerfully condemned the apprehension of Chib and different IYC workers, with Rahul Gandhi alleging that the enactment was reflective of "dictatorial tendencies and cowardice".