LUCKNOW, Nov. 14 -- As many as 68 Indian Youth Congress (IYC) office-bearers have been removed from their posts for failing to attend the INDIA bloc's protest at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on November 1.

"Taking serious note of your absence from the Delhi event, the IYC leadership has decided to suspend the following office-bearers with immediate effect until further notice," stated a letter issued by the IYC's Delhi office on November 12.

The suspended members include three state vice-presidents, 33 state general secretaries, 18 state secretaries, one joint secretary and 12 district Youth Congress presidents. The letter was signed by Uttar Pradesh (East) Youth Congress president Vishal Singh and state co-incharge Narasimha Yadav Peddagolla...