India, Feb. 24 -- The BJP on Monday demanded an apology from Rahul Gandhi over the "shirtless" protest at the India AI Impact Summit last week, saying not just Congress allies, but even leaders of his party have started criticising it.

This came after veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Margaret Alva reportedly criticised the Congress' youth wing's protest at the summit, saying that there must be "dignity, discipline and a sense of responsibility" at an international event.

Latching on to Alva's remarks, BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said the "entire country" is perturbed over the Youth Congress's "nangi (shameless) protest" and now voices against it have started emerging from within the Congress as well.

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