New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- Hitting out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the shirtless protest at the AI impact summit in Delhi, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia on Tuesday alleged it was Rahul Gandhi who was the "mastermind" of the protest staged by the party's youth wing.

Addresing a press conference here, BJP national spokersperson stated that the AI impact summit was an an event attended by global leaders, where such an act was something not less than an attempt to malign the country's image, under the guise of a protest.

Bhatia demanded public apology from the Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi for the incident.

He added that if the grand old party leaders do not have faith in the constitution, it was be...