In 2020, Hemant Soren, the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, ordered state police to take action against Chavhanke for this hate speech.

[12][13] Chavhanke claims to have contributed towards the ochlocratic atmosphere that led to police complaints and death threats against M. F. Husain for allegedly violating Hindu sentiments.

[17] In June 2018, the Delhi Minorities Commission issued a notice to the channel after it broadcast a program that claimed a Muslim-dominated region was inhabited by illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltrators.

[11][18][19] On 25 August 2020, a Sudarshan News trailer uploaded by Suresh Chavhanke suggesting that Muslim students were infiltrating administrative services as "UPSC jihad," became viral.

[26] In March 2019, a Kozhikode district court ordered the channel to pay a compensation of ₹50 lakh (US$58,000) to Malabar Gold in a defamation suit, after it broadcast edited visuals alleging the company of having celebrated Pakistani Independence Day.