A Delhi court on Saturday sent the four Indian Youth Congress (IYC) workers, who were arrested for protesting at the AI Impact Summit venue a day ago, to five-day police custody. A detailed order is awaited.
The arrested protesters were Krishna Hari, national secretary of Youth Congress from Bihar; Kundan Yadav, IYC state secretary, Bihar; Ajay Kumar, IYC state president, Uttar Pradesh; and Narasimha Yadav from Telangana.
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Delhi Police sought five-day custody of the arrested protesters, arguing that they raised anti-national slogans and wore t-shirts with objectionable images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the event venue. T-shirts spoke of the India-US Trade Deal and the Epstein Files, and read, “PM is compromised”; with pictures of the PM and US President Donald Trump.
Counsel for the police argued that it was a “serious” matter. An attempt was made to stop the police, following which three personnel were injured, he said. Delhi police said the protests were similar to Nepal’s Gen Z protest last year.
Besides, the conspiracy behind organising the protest, the source of funding and where the t-shirts were printed needed to be ascertained, the counsel said. The counsel appearing for the arrested protesters argued that they were associated with a political party and had exercised their democratic right to protest peacefully.
The advocate claimed that their arrest greatly diminished the dignity of democracy and that if arrests are to be made for protesting, then MPs protesting in Parliament should also be arrested.
BJP holds nationwide protests
Madhya Pradesh
Nearly 10 persons, including a policeman and two journalists, were injured after Congress and BJYM pelted stones at each other during a protest in Indore on Saturday. BJYM members reached Congress office and tried to lay siege to it. During the clash, water bottles, oranges, and tomatoes were also thrown. To bring the situation under control, police used water cannons.
New Delhi
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva and Lok Sabha MP Manoj Tiwari termed Congress demonstration as an act of “treason”. BJP leaders like state general secretary Vishnu Mittal and MLA Raj Kumar Bhatia showed up for protests in Delhi. Police personnel stopped them at a barricade as they tried to march towards Congress headquarters.
Haryana
BJYM held a demonstration against the led by senior BJP leader and former Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta, assembled at Sector 5 and raised slogans against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. They also burnt an effigy of the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, accusing him and his party workers of trying to insult India at the mega event, demanding an apology from Gandhi for allegedly defaming the country. “The way some ‘goondas’ of Rahul Gandhi held a demonstration and insulted India… there can be no bigger crime than this,” Gupta said.
Rajasthan
BJYM led by state president Shankar Gora on Saturday staged a demonstration outside the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters. “A large number of women were also present there. In opposing the Prime Minister and the BJP, the Congress has now started opposing the nation itself,” Gora said. A scuffle broke out as some protesters attempted to cross the barricades, but police stopped them. The demonstration continued for around half an hour more.
Uttar Pradesh
In the presence of police officers, hundreds of BJYM workers expressed their anger. BJYM district president Chandan Narayan Singh said. Following the protest, BJYM workers submitted a memorandum demanding the identification and strict legal action against the perpetrators behind the incident to the District Magistrate and City Magistrate Preeti Jain at the Collectorate.
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