India, Feb. 20 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reacted strongly to the shirtless protest by the workers of the Indian Youth Congress at the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi on Friday. A group of Youth Congress workers on day 5 of the AI Summit entered the venue at Bharat Mandapam and were seen carrying or wearing T-shirts with slogans against the PM, India-US trade deal and Epstein files. Follow AI summit updates

BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla hit out at the Congress as he dubbed the protests as "characterless, brainless, and emotionless", and accused the Congress of undermining national progress.

He alleged the protest was staged at the 'behest' of Rahul Gandhi and is a protest against India's achievements.

"Co...