Evading police and paramilitary personnel to reach the protest site. Leaping over barricades. Being dragged away, only to get back up and keep going, fist raised, slogans on her lips.
\n\nScenes like this have played out across viral videos from the protests, where students, activists and leaders from several political parties have turned up on the streets. But one woman, a spectacled figure in the middle of it all, has caught the nation’s attention, and whichever political side one is on, it is hard not to admire her. She is Neha Bora, 29, and she has emerged as an icon of the movement, taking part in protests that call for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Protesters say a revision of voter lists, which they claim removed 130 million names from the rolls, disproportionately benefits Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Election Commission denies favouring any group.
\n\nNeha has been national president of the left-wing All India Students’ Association (AISA) since 2024. She came into the national spotlight in July, when educationist and scientist Sonam Wangchuk began a hunger strike in support of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). Neha and a few other AISA…
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