At the AI Summit, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor praised the event’s global scale and organisation, while within hours Youth Congress workers staged a shirtless protest at the same venue against government policies. With one section appreciating India’s global positioning and another hitting the streets in protest, the contrast has raised questions about message discipline inside the party. When one Congress leader is applauding an event and another wing is protesting it the same day, is the party showing internal diversity or public confusion ?
AI समिट में कांग्रेस के वरिष्ठ नेता शशि थरूर ने कार्यक्रम के वैश्विक स्तर और आयोजन की सराहना की, वहीं कुछ ही घंटों बाद यूथ कांग्रेस कार्यकर्ताओं ने उसी स्थल पर सरकार की नीतियों के खिलाफ विरोध प्रदर्शन किया। एक तरफ तारीफ और दूसरी तरफ विरोध, इस विरोधाभास ने पार्टी के भीतर संदेश की एकरूपता पर सवाल खड़े कर दिए हैं। जब एक ही दिन पार्टी का एक नेता कार्यक्रम की सराहना करे और दूसरा संगठन विरोध करे, तो क्या यह विचारों की विविधता है या सार्वजनिक भ्रम ?
With Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav defending his presence on stage at an AAP rally by calling it a “government function”, the episode has sparked a larger debate about the thin line between official duty and political optics. When senior bureaucrats and police officers appear at events where government messaging and party visibility overlap, the concern is no longer just protocol but perception. Is the DGP’s presence at the Moga event a routine part of a government campaign against drugs or does such stage-sharing risk blurring the boundary between administrative neutrality and political endorsement in the public eye ?
