LUCKNOW, Sept. 15 -- Criticising the recent Gen Z protests for alleged anti-India slogans and claiming that the stir received financial backing from disruptive forces in Pakistan, West Asia and Europe, Kunda MLA and former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, who heads the Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik), stoked a controversy by asserting the need for people to "wield weapons alongside scriptures."

Emphasising that he had no objection to the issue of the protest (question paper leaks), he also claimed that slogans of 'Down with India' were raised during the agitation and terrorists were praised.

This cannot be accepted under any circumstances, he said as he accused the protesters of behaving indecently during the de...