A former Indian Youth Congress (IYC) president said internal politics had prevented it from taking a more militant stance on the arrest. ADVERTISEMENTUday Bhanu Chib, the national president of the IYC, is the eighth person to be arrested for the protest at the summit last week against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the US trade deal. A Congress delegation led by Ajay Maken on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to Delhi lieutenant governor V.K. Current and former IYC leaders this newspaper spoke to could not recall the last time a national head of the sword arm of India’s oldest party had been arrested. A former IYC president told The Telegraph: “Nobody had the guts to do this to a Youth Congress president, even when we were not in power….

Source: The Telegraph February 25, 2026 04:21 UTC