# Posters in Lucknow brand Rahul Gandhi, Elon Musk as ‘Ravana’ faces 2026-10-18T07:41:51+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Posters titled ‘Sanatan Bharat Ke Virodhi Ravan’ have appeared at several intersections in Lucknow ahead of Dussehra, reportedly put up by the Sanatan Raksha Sangathan. The posters depict ten public figures as the ten heads of Ravana, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Elon Musk, Muhammad Yunus, and George Soros, alongside individuals linked to criminal cases such as Atiq Ahmed and Mukhtar Ansari. The organisation has used the Dussehra symbolism to accuse the named personalities of being against India’s interests. The posters have drawn attention ahead of the festival, with the group calling them ‘Bharat Virodhi Dashanan Ravan’. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both Times of India and NDTV Profit report the same event with near-identical framing: straight news style attributing the posters to the Sanatan Raksha Sangathan and listing the ten faces. Neither outlet adds comment from the figures named or from local authorities, and neither editorialises about the political message. The uniform coverage means the story is reported as a local incident ahead of Dussehra, without any government or opposition reaction. No next step is mentioned, leaving the impact open to how the festival unfolds in Lucknow. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Straight news listing the poster, organiser and faces without commentary - ndtvprofit.com (neutral report) Factual report with identical framing, includes a social media post This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Akhilesh Yadav, Dussehra, Elon Musk, Lucknow, Rahul Gandhi Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/posters-in-lucknow-brand-rahul-gandhi-elon-musk-as-ravana-faces/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/posters-in-lucknow-brand-rahul-gandhi-elon-musk-as-ravana-faces/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/