Kangana Ranaut condemns NEET student protests as vulgar

Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament and actor Kangana Ranaut has drawn criticism for her sharp condemnation of student protesters involved in the recent "Cockroach Janta Party" demonstrations, labeling their social media content "puke-inducing" and questioning their upbringing. Her comments, made on Instagram and to the media on July 27 and 28, 2026, targeted the language and conduct of young demonstrators who had gathered to protest alleged irregularities in the NEET examination.

Ranaut specifically objected to what she described as obscene language and personal attacks directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother during the protests. She stated that such behavior was unacceptable to society and contrasted it with her own experience, saying she had built her career from a young age without being a burden on her parents. In a series of Instagram posts, she wrote that she had "never in my life seen so much ugliness in one place," calling the protest reels "jarring" and "crass." She also mocked the movement's reclaimed "cockroach" identity, stating the protesters were "subjecting the world to your filth, garbage and ugliness."