India, Feb. 24 -- Senior Congress leaders jumped to the defence of its youth wing, Indian Youth Congress, and its president Uday Bhanu Chib after the latter was arrested by the Delhi police on Tuesday over the shirtless protest at the AI Impact Summit venue last week on Friday.

Uday Bhanu was arrested on Tuesday by the Delhi Police and was sent to four days in police custody in connection with the protest. While the order was passed by the Judicial Magistrate, members of the Youth Congress held protests and blocked road outside the Patiala House Court on Tuesday.

Defending him, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge sought to claim that Bharatiya Janata Party leader and union minister Nitin Gadkari, along with other BJP members, also created...