Flop actor and flop politician Prakash Raj has once again tried to hog the limelight by abusing the country he lives in. Speaking at a mass gathering organised by the Constitution Protection Movement at the YMCA Ground in Nandanam, Chennai, on Friday, 21 August 2026, he attacked the Narendra Modi government what he described as attempts to weaken the Constitution during a
The event was attended by former Supreme Court judge Justice J Chelameswar, Prakash Raj, DMK leaders including Gingee K S Masthan and Mano Thangaraj, and several Left-leaning political activists along with Christian community members like Joe Arun, former TN Minority Commision head. Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK) leaders, including party president M H Jawahirullah and Thamimun Ansari, were also present. Mano Thangaraj is a convenor of the Constitution Protection Movement along with Dravidianists Hari Paranthaman and Vanchinathan.
The organisation describes itself as a movement aimed at protecting the Constitution. According to Jawahirullah, the primary objective of the conference was to create awareness about what he described as threats to the Constitution under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime.
Addressing the gathering, Prakash Raj questioned the very functioning of democracy and argued that elected representatives must be held accountable by citizens.
“You cannot reform those thieving scoundrels who refuse to change; they simply have to be removed. That is the reality. We talk about democracy, but the truth is that democracy does not exist—not here, nor anywhere else in the world. Democracy lasts only until the election—only up to the point where the people cast their votes. After that, earlier it was coronations, today it is oaths of office, that day it was throne(simhasanam), today it is a chair and they are clinging to the seat of power; they simply won’t let go of that chair, will they?”
He went on to argue that the responsibility for India’s political system could not be attributed only to the current government.
“The people responsible for this aren’t just the ones in power today; it includes everyone from the time of independence. They have kept the people exactly where they wanted them. Yet, what we truly possessed after independence was our Constitution.”
Prakash Raj then invoked B R Ambedkar and criticised what he described as the tendency to associate the Constitution primarily with Dalits.
“Recently, I visited a friend’s house, and I saw a photograph of Dr. Ambedkar there. A friend beside me remarked, “Prakash, I think this is a Dalit household,” and it deeply pained me. The Constitution Ambedkar wrote wasn’t just for Dalits; it was for everyone—for the India that emerged after the British left.”
He subsequently criticised those whom he alleged were seeking to alter the constitutional framework and linked this to what he described as a revival of ‘regressive social ideas’ and indirectly attacking Hindus, especially Brahmins in the same tone as Dravidianists.
“Yet, there are these crooks—people whose lineage goes back 3,000 years—who now want to amend this Constitution. This Constitution was drafted specifically to prevent the return of these crooks who have existed for millennia. They often spin lies about how wonderful our country used to be—claiming there was gold and prosperity—but for 2,000 or 3,000 years, India harbored a culture more grotesque than any other in the world: a society where people were deemed ‘untouchable,’ women had no rights, and child marriage was rampant. An ugly and unsightly country.”
He further said the British had maintained the existing social order rather than fundamentally changing it.
“The British merely maintained this status quo; while a few kings and the wealthy lived in comfort, the average citizen endured a life of immense hardship. Babasaheb Ambedkar wrote the Constitution to liberate us from that reality. However, that regressive mindset doesn’t simply vanish; there is always a risk of Manusmriti-style ideologies resurfacing.”
Drawing an analogy with the gradual heating of water around a frog, Prakash Raj alleged that changes to India’s political system were being introduced gradually.
“In other nations, the military might step in and alter the system—as seen in Pakistan and Bangladesh—but that cannot happen here. Think of a frog: if you drop it into boiling water, it instantly leaps out. What these crooks have done is place the frog in a vessel of cool water and slowly light a fire beneath it.”
“They have managed for these past fifteen years—it went by without people even realizing it—and now the time has come to step aside; I am actually very happy about that. Lately, I feel a great sense of confidence; I don’t worry about them anymore. The time for them to leave has arrived; the youth have stepped up, and they will carry things forward.”
He then used an example from the animal kingdom to describe what he sees as growing political awareness among India’s youth.
“A scientist friend of mine once said, “Hey, we tend to think that a deer talks to another deer or a tiger to another tiger just like we do, but it’s not quite the same. One speaks, and the other listens and understands. So, when a tiger comes to catch a deer, it doesn’t approach directly.””
Explaining the behaviour of a hunting tiger and an alert deer, he said the warning call of the deer could also be understood as a message to the predator that it had been detected.
“Consider the ‘kak’ sound—like the warning call a deer makes when it spots a hunting tiger. It isn’t just signaling to other deer that a tiger has arrived; it is actually telling the tiger, “Hey, I see you.” Today, the youth of India are effectively saying to Modi, “We see you.” He is scared; he is making ‘Reels’ now—resorting to social media gimmicks.”
Prakash Raj said citizens need not necessarily enter electoral politics to hold elected representatives accountable.
“If you truly read and internalize the Constitution written by Babasaheb Ambedkar, you realize how politics should function in India: the elected representative is supposed to work for the people. Yet, the reality is that the elected representative is busy playing politics while we are the ones doing the actual work. This must change.”
He added that citizens should exercise their constitutional right to question those they elect.
“We simply need to instill the fear that if they don’t do their jobs, they will be removed from power. That is what we must do, and that is what the youth have done today.”
Prakash Raj also predicted the fall of the BJP-led government, while cautioning that removing an incumbent government would not by itself resolve India’s political problems.
“The BJP—this fascist regime—will fall in another three years. But you must understand Indian politics: the opposition doesn’t necessarily win; rather, the ruling party falls. The people will push them out.”
He said greater attention must be paid to what follows a change in government.
“Yet, at the moment of pushing them out, we must consider who will replace them. We have focused on bringing them down due to our resentment toward them, but we haven’t sufficiently thought about who should come next…”
According to Prakash Raj, building an alternative political consciousness would take years and would require greater involvement from younger generations.
“It won’t happen overnight; it will take another 10 to 15 years. The current generation is thinking about it, but we have work to do over the next 10 to 15 years to empower them and cultivate political awareness.”
He concluded by comparing what he described as the present political challenge to a serious disease.
“This is like cancer—a hideous disease; let us root it out and heal the other ailments too.”
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