Stories
Is an industry of protests running across India? Prafulla Ketkar raises questions
N
News18•05-10-2026, 19:45
Is an industry of protests running across India? Prafulla Ketkar raises questions
- •RSS-leaning weekly magazine Organiser has raised concerns over whether ongoing protests across India are spontaneous or a planned conspiracy.
- •Editor Prafulla Ketkar wrote in a column that a communist- Islamist nexus is orchestrating an industry of protests to target the government and belittle constitutional institutions.
- •Ketkar cited three major instances, including the Bombay IIT student suicide case, controversies surrounding the Election Commission, and MDR on UPI transactions, as manufactured outrages.
- •He criticized opposition parties and figures like Rahul Gandhi for aligning with Marxist and Maoist ideologies and misinterpreting the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar to spread anarchy.
Key Questions Answered
Prafulla Ketkar wrote in an Organiser column that a communist-Islamist nexus is running a planned industry of protests, fueling caste sentiments, belittling constitutional bodies, and tarnishing Brand India with foreign funding for political gains.
He cited three incidents: a Bombay IIT student suicide case spun as caste discrimination instead of exam pressure, controversies and EVM doubts surrounding the Election Commission, and false propaganda regarding the UPI Merchant Discount Rate.
Ketkar stated that followers of Marx and Mao are twisting and misusing Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha and B.R. Ambedkar's philosophies, turning Ambedkar into a poster boy despite communists previously conspiring to defeat him in elections.
