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‘Country knows you’re already naked’: PM Modi bashes Congress over shirtless protest at AI Summit

Statesman News Service

File image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (ANI video screengrab)


Prime Minister Narendra Modi bashed the Indian National Congress party over its youth wing’s shirtless protest at the India-AI Impact Summit 2026. He came down heavily on the “oldest party of the country,” saying that the party has become ideologically bankrupt.

“I ask the Congress leaders, the nation knows that you are already naked, so why did you feel the need to take off your clothes? This shows that the oldest party of the country has become ideologically bankrupt,” the Prime Minister said.

Indian Youth Congress members staged a shirtless protest during the India-AI Impact Summit inside Bharat Mandapam in the national capital. They also raised slogans against Prime Minister Modi and the Central government over alleged unemployment, inflation, and the recent India-US trade deal.

While addressing a public meeting in Meerut, PM Modi alleged that some political parties in the country are not able to digest the country’s progress. He slammed the Congress party for turning a global event into a platform for “its dirty and naked politics”. He highlighted that the Congress leaders reached the venue naked in front of the foreign guests.

Accusing the Congress party of defaming the nation, PM Modi said, “When someone gets married in a village, everyone helps the household so that the guests take along a good picture of the village. However, Congress is focused on defaming its own country.”

PM Modi emphasised that the AI Summit was not the BJP’s event, and no BJP leader was present at that time. He stated that it was an event of the nation.

Furthermore, the Prime Minister criticised the Congress leaders for supporting their youth wing for such a protest. “Unfortunately, the leaders of the oldest party of the country are praising those who embarrassed the country instead of criticising them,” he said.

PM thanked INDI bloc allies for criticising the act

Acknowledging that the allies of Congress in the INDI bloc have criticised the shirtless protest, PM Modi said, “One thing that gives me satisfaction is that all the allies of Congress have shown the courage to criticise the party over the Delhi incident. I express my gratitude to them for this.”

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