Raksha Khadse is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP) and the Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports. She has made controversial statements in a speech delivered in Maharashtra in May 2024, stating “We start building our Hindu Rashtra now,” where she displayed a placard with “Hindu Rashtra” alongside Navneet Rana, another BJP MP.

Her social media posts extensively praise the Narendra Modi government and its Khelo India sports campaign. She has visited Kashmir to promote the campaign.