Youth Congress president arrested over ‘shirtless’ protest, party says ‘proud’ of act by ‘Babbar Sher’

Chib’s lawyer Sujoy Ghosh alleged that the Delhi police did not produce the FIR. “They say the FIR is so sensitive that we have to make a request, the commissioner will constitute a committee, and then they will decide whether to give the FIR. Secondly, they said they need him because he is the mastermind and they have to recover T-shirts from Himachal and other places,” Ghosh said.

VIDEO | Counsel for Indian Youth Congress president Uday Bhanu Chib, Advocate Sujoy Ghosh says, “Primarily, we are arguing in the dark because they have not even produced the FIR. They say the FIR is so sensitive that we have to make a request, the commissioner will constitute a… pic.twitter.com/JJl5mHFiXT

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“Our argument was very simple… We argued before the court that the whole world is watching, and we will be a laughing stock if we send the president of the Opposition’s youth association to prison or police custody because some T-shirts were printed and need to be recovered.”

Senior Congress leader Harish Rawat said that the protest at the AI Impact Summit was the party’s decision and that the demonstration was a step towards “freedom of expression”. “Whether this step was right or wrong will be decided by the people of India… What message do you want to send by his arrest? Do you [BJP] want to scare us,” Rawat asked.