Overview
- This week Kangana Ranaut used Instagram posts and a video to denounce sections of Gen Z protesters as a "generation gutter" and to criticise conduct she saw at the NEET‑UG demonstrations.
- Cockroach Janata Party spokesperson Saurav Das publicly condemned her language as inappropriate, questioned its tone and urged respectful dialogue while joking about the attention he has received.
- Kangana then singled out Das on social media, calling him "totally useless and unemployed," and Das responded by correcting online errors about his age and saying he is a 27‑year‑old journalist and a "student of life."
- The exchange drew wider backlash from actors and opposition figures, prompted journalists to scrutinise both accounts and prompted users to reshare an old 2018 Cannes video of Kangana.
- The row sits on the backdrop of the CJP‑led NEET‑UG protests that won government concessions including the education minister's resignation and shows how protest debates can quickly shift into prolonged, personalised culture‑war conflicts.