JAMMU, Feb. 26 -- Indian Youth Congress state secretary Karandeep Singh was detained in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district on Thursday after he climbed atop a five-storey water tank to protest the arrest of national president Uday Bhanu Chib, officials said.
Carrying a Congress flag and a banner displaying the words "Modi is compromised", Singh and another youth scaled the structure and shouted slogans targeting the Centre and the prime minister.
The IYC state secretary accused the Union government of suppressing democratic voices and said the country's leadership has "bowed before foreign powers". He declared that the agitation would continue until the release of Chib, who was arrested over the "shirtless protest" during the AI Impact Su...