JAMMU:  The mother of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) chief Udey Bhanu Chib on Tuesday condemned his arrest, terming it unjustified and politically motivated, while the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) asserted that no action would deter its workers from continuing their fight against “wrong policies” of the BJP government.

Rajni Bala, mother of Chib, said the action against her son reflected the government’s “authoritarian” and “high-handed” approach, asserting that peaceful protest is a fundamental democratic right.

Chib was arrested by Delhi Police in connection with the shirtless protest staged by a group of IYC workers at the AI impact summit in the national capital last week.