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36 DAYS AGO | New Delhi, India |

Congress Slams Modi's AI Summit as 'National Embarrassment'

Event Summary

Indian Youth Congress workers staged a protest at the India AI Impact Summit, resulting in detentions. Prime Minister Narendra Modi later criticized the protest as embarrassing, sparking a political dispute over the event's integrity and India's global AI ambitions.

Government & BJP

"Views the protest as a deliberate act of national embarrassment that sabotaged a global showcase of India's technological progress."

Congress & Youth Congress

"Defends the protest as a legitimate democratic expression of anger over unemployment and concerns about government policy."

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