He presents himself as an “anti-caste educator,” a TEDx speaker, and an IIM Indore graduate with a ‘mission to reform society’.
But behind the polished reels and podcast appearances, Lakhshya Lakey (aka @lakhshya_speaks) stands accused of running one of the most toxic, caste-obsessed campaigns against upper-caste women on Indian social media.
And now, the mask is slipping.
Instagram influencer Tulip Sharma has filed a formal cyber complaint against Lakey, exposing a pattern of harassment, casteist slurs, and deeply troubling personal attacks – all while he claims the mantle of social reformer.
The Catalyst: A Bharatnatyam Video Triggers Casteist Tirade
It began with a video posted by Lakey himself.
The self-styled “anti-caste educator” shared content suggesting that Bharatnatyam, a classical dance form with millennia of tradition, is “casteist.” The post immediately drew criticism from those who saw it as yet another instance of reducing India’s cultural heritage to narrow identity politics.
Tulip Sharma, like many others, commented on his post, offering a legitimate counter-perspective on Bharatnatyam and the Devadasi system.
But Lakey, true to form, had no interest in debate.
Instead of engaging with her points publicly, he slipped into her DMs and what followed was a textbook example of online harassment.
The conversation, now part of the cyber complaint, reveals a man who cannot tolerate even mild disagreement:
Screenshots of the alleged exchange have been widely circulated on social media and form part of the formal cyber complaint filed by Sharma. Lakhshya has, however, reportedly denied the authenticity of some of the screenshots, claiming he is being targeted and that the material has been misrepresented.
When Sharma questioned his contradictory statements where he claims to fight casteism while incessantly reducing every interaction to caste, she didn’t get reasoned discussion.
She got abuse.
Screenshots show Lakey immediately turning personal — and casteist. He began boasting about his “Brahmin girlfriends,” using them as trophies to demean a woman who dared question him, and how they were “prettier than Tulip.”
“My Brahmin gf sucks me off, problem?” – one of his messages allegedly read.
When called out, he doubled down: “4 Brahmin exes, all prettier than you.”
The pattern is the same: a self-proclaimed “anti-caste” activist reducing women to their caste identity and then using that identity as a weapon against them. All because she commented on his post.
Past posts attributed to Lakshya include controversial remarks linking vegetarianism to caste hierarchy, commentary on Brahmins in historical contexts, statements encouraging certain caste groups to reconsider their Hindu identity, and commentary on cases such as that of Umar Khalid.
This is the screen recording of his chat with Tulip Sharma.
And guess what, in another post he had claimed he was not brave enough to date outside the SC/ST community!
“I Will Annihilate Caste By Making Intercaste Babies”
Perhaps the most revealing and disturbing aspect of Lakey’s online conduct is his stated mission.
In exchanges with multiple women who questioned him, Lakey reportedly boasted: “I’m annihilating caste by making intercaste babies.”
The statement reveals a mindset that critics call profoundly regressive dressed in progressive clothing. Women, in this worldview, are not individuals with thoughts and agency. They are vessels for a political project; their wombs recruited to “annihilate caste” through reproduction.
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The Threat: “I’ll File An SC/ST Case On You”
Perhaps the most legally troubling aspect of Lakey’s conduct is his alleged threat to weaponize SC/ST Atrocities Act against those who question him.
When advocate Ashutosh Dubey pressed Lakey for evidence backing his claims, Lakey reportedly refused to provide any proof. Instead, he threatened to file an SC/ST case against his critics.
The implication is clear: disagree with me, and I’ll accuse you of casteism, consequences to your life and liberty be damned.
This is the ultimate perversion of laws meant to protect genuine victims of caste atrocities. When a man with 555,000 followers can threaten his critics with legal harassment, the law becomes not a shield for the vulnerable, but a sword for the powerful.
And Lakey knows exactly what he’s doing.
In exchanges referenced in OpIndia report, when asked to substantiate certain claims, Lakshya allegedly refused to provide documentary proof and instead warned critics of potential action under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The allegation has raised concerns among legal observers about the possible weaponisation of protective legislation.
The Dravidianist Connection
Lakey frequently invokes Dravidianist anti-Hindu icon EV Ramasamy Naicker (hailed as ‘Periyar’ by his followers), and Ambedkar, as his ideological forebears. He presents himself as carrying forward their legacy.
The Dravidian movement had a deeply problematic relationship with women of upper castes. The Self-Respect Movement explicitly encouraged inter-caste marriages, but often with an undertone of “purifying” Brahmin women by marrying them into non-Brahmin families – to ‘annihilate caste’. Women were reduced to instruments of social reform – their bodies, their choices, their autonomy all secondary to the larger political project.
Sound familiar?
Lakey has perfected this exact framework for the Instagram age:
- Borrow from Dravidianists the rhetoric of anti-caste struggle
- Borrow from Dravidianists the fixation on Brahmin women as political projects
Add a modern twist – flex it in DMs when challenged by women.
The result? A man who is more Dravidianist than the Dravidianists.
Trivializing Kashmiri Pandit Genocide
The complaint also highlights Lakey’s disturbing pattern of trivializing the suffering of Kashmiri Pandits, a community ethnically cleansed from the Kashmir Valley in the 1990s.
In public exchanges captured in screenshots, when a user commented on his conduct, Lakey reportedly replied: “Kashmir Brahmano ka yehi halat tha” (This was the fate of Kashmiri Brahmins too).
The implication? That the genocide of an entire community is somehow analogous to, or even a justification for, online spats.
In another exchange, when warned that his conduct might backfire, he allegedly dismissed it with:
“Mujhe kuch nahi hoga, unlike your Kashmiri Pandit brethren” (Nothing will happen to me, unlike your Kashmiri Pandit brethren).
For a community still seeking justice and return to their homeland, such casual dismissal of their suffering has shocked even some of his former supporters.
The Real Casteist Agenda
Lakshya’s rants fracture society under Ambedkar’s name, sexualizing intercaste relations while targeting Brahmins online. True unity comes from dialogue, not DM threats and baby-making boasts.
Lakshya has however framed the backlash as an attempt to silence “anti-caste” voices comparing himself to the deceased Rohith Vemula whom the leftists portray as a Dalit but Telangana Police has confirmed that he was not. He maintains that he is being selectively targeted because of his ideological stance and has suggested that portions of the circulated chats are either doctored or taken out of context.
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