Youth Cong protest at AI Summit tarnished India's image: Sawant

PANAJI: (Feb 21) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday criticised the Congress and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over the Youth Congress protest at the AI Summit in Delhi, saying such actions amount to "political recklessness" and tarnish the country's image.

A group of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) workers on Friday staged a dramatic ‘shirtless protest’ at an exhibition hall at the AI Impact Summit, walking around holding T-shirts with slogans against the government and the India-US trade deal printed on them, before being whisked away by security personnel present at the venue.

Sawant, in a post on X, said that when India is hosting a global summit to showcase its technological capabilities and confidence, turning it into a "stage for disruption" weakens the nation's credibility on the international platform.