"Hate has been injected into young minds, RSS must be held responsible": Manickam Tagore on Angel Chakma's killing
Dec 29, 2025
New Delhi [India], December 29 : Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Monday accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of spreading hate that he said led to the killing of Angel Chakma, a student from Tripura, in Uttarakhand's Dehradun.
Calling the incident a "heinous crime", Tagore alleged that years of hate campaigns have influenced young minds and contributed to such acts of violence, particularly in states ruled by the BJP.
"It's a very sad and heinous crime that a boy, because of his language, looks, and the way he carries himself, has been stabbed to death in this cruel way in a peaceful state like Devabhoomi in Uttarakhand," Tagore told ANI.
He further alleged that the ideology promoted by the RSS over the years has fuelled hatred among sections of society, especially the youth.
"The reason is very simple. The hate and the hate campaigns of RSS for 100 years have got into the young minds of India, and particularly after the BJP winning in states, this has been bred and propagated. Hate has been inserted, injected into young minds in the wrong way. That is the hate which is taking these kinds of actions. RSS must be held responsible for this," Tagore added.
Tagore also accused the central government of remaining silent on the growing number of hate crimes across the country. "Everywhere, this hate crime is increasing, and the government is completely silent, and they are talking about the Chief Minister of Tirupura calling the Uttarakhand Chief Minister," he said.
Meanwhile, MBA student Anjel Chakma was attacked by a group of miscreants with knives and other blunt objects in Dehradun on December 9 and later died while undergoing treatment at a hospital.
Five people have already been arrested in connection with the incident. Among them, two accused are minors and have been sent to a juvenile reform home.
Police are continuously conducting raids to arrest an absconding accused, on whom a reward of Rs 25,000 has been announced. A police team has also been sent to Nepal in search of the absconding accused, according to the Uttarakhand CMO.
