Congress student wing leader Anas Khan seen soliciting sexual favours from women for NRIs in viral WhatsApp messages, accused earlier protested for women’s safety

Vice President of NSUI, which is the student wing of the Congress party, Anas Khan from Delhi University’s Ramanujan College is at the centre of a shocking controversy involving the solicitation of 17–18-year-old girls as “companions” for older NRI men in exchange for money. 

Social media platforms, particularly X, have been flooded with screenshots of his messages originating from a freshers’ WhatsApp group. According to the screenshots circulating online, Anas Khan posted a disturbing recruitment message in a freshers’ WhatsApp group, seeking “good-looking” girls with a “pleasing personality” and “good physique” for a VIP concert experience involving NRI clients who were coming to India for Diljit Dosanjh’s Ahmedabad concert to entertain them.

The offer detailed in the leaked messages included flights from Delhi to Ahmedabad, VIP access to Diljit Dosanjh’s concert, Presidential Gallery or Presidential Lounge access, and cash payments ranging from ₹10,000 to ₹30,000, depending on the girls’ “profile” and “vibes”. 

The disturbing message from Anas Khan explicitly asked for girls who are “Good-looking with a pleasing personality, Good physique & presentable appearance”. The screenshots also show members of the WhatsApp group objecting to the arrangement. One member described it as a “human trafficking scam” and urged the group administrator to remove the person immediately. 

The matter became even more alarming considering the group included freshers aged 17-18, while references to physical appearance, being open-minded, and surprise gifts made the situation deeply concerning.

Anas Khan’s so-called feminist activism comes under scrutiny

The controversy has also drawn attention to Anas Khan’s social media activity. His now-deleted Instagram posts, operating under the username @iamask__, featured several posts and highlights showing him participating in marches and demonstrations demanding women’s safety. Some of these posts carried captions promoting feminist ideas and women’s rights.

Controversy comes amid Rahul Gandhi’s so-called ‘Smash the Patriarchy’ campaign

The controversy involving NSUI has emerged at a time when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been claiming to be a so-called saviour of women’s independence and has discovered a new political vocabulary centred around “breaking the cage” and “smashing the patriarchy.” 

Addressing a gathering of young women in Pune in August this year, he recently said that women do not belong to their fathers, husbands, or sons, but to themselves, while attacking the “Manusmriti mindset.” 

Yet, this high-flown moral posturing collapses entirely when confronted with the reality on the ground. The latest incident involving an NSUI office-bearer has raised questions about the gap between the Congress party’s political messaging on women’s empowerment and the conduct expected of student leaders associated with the party, particularly after the office-bearer solicited sexual favours from women.

Far from being a genuine ideological commitment, it becomes evident that women’s safety and freedom are treated by the Congress party as nothing more than convenient political slogans to be exploited for optics, completely devoid of any sincere concern or structural accountability.