Viral video: Popular UPSC coach Vikas Divyakirti makes controversial remarks on Ramayana, #BanDrishtiIAS trends

Viral video: Popular UPSC coach Vikas Divyakirti makes controversial remarks on Ramayana, #BanDrishtiIAS trends

UPSC coach Vikas Divyakirti is seen making allegedly offensive remarks while talking about the Sanskrit epic Ramayana, while teaching his UPSC students

FPJ Education DeskUpdated: Friday, November 11, 2022, 01:17 PM IST
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Delhi: Drishti IAS, a popular UPSC coaching centre in Delhi, has been receiving flack from netizens since friday morning. #BanDrishtiIAS has been trending on Twitter after a video of UPSC coach Vikas Divyakirti went viral. In this video, Vikas Divyakirti is seen making allegedly offensive remarks while teaching the Sanskrit epic Ramayana to his UPSC students.

Twitter users are pushing for the coaching institute to be banned altogether. Many Twitteratis have taken offense to his statements and are accused the UPSC coach of hurting Hindu sentiments. On Twitter, the hashtag #BanDrishtiIAS is currently trending. Over a thousand #BanDrishtiIAS tweets have been sent out in just a few hours.

Others on Twitter claim that the professor made the remarks in question while quoting the works of another author during his lecture.

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