India, Oct. 18 -- A trigger was the alleged thrashing of two NSUI activists, Ritu Barala and Adhira, by police during their detention. Despite the two women workers sustaining injuries, none of the party's top leaders initially visited the hospital.

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi bringing AISA student leader Neha Bora to the forefront during INDIA bloc meetings and press conferences has not gone down well with youth and student union workers of the Congress, prompting NSUI activists to change the name of a group to "We the Chotu" for three days.

Sources in the Congress said a sense of uneasiness and insecurity grew among the party's student wing, the National Students' Union of India (NSUI), and its youth wing, the I...