Neha, one of the prominent faces of the CJP protest, presses on with fast
AISA national president Neha Bora continues an indefinite hunger strike after other participants in the Cockroach Janta Party protest withdrew.
- Neha Bora is the national president of the All India Students' Association and a visible organiser of the Cockroach Janta Party protest at Jantar Mantar.
- The protest included an indefinite hunger strike, and Neha Bora continued fasting after other participants withdrew.
- Student organisations, especially Left groups, built the protest over time.
What happened
Neha Bora, national president of the All India Students' Association (AISA), became a prominent face of the Cockroach Janta Party protest at Jantar Mantar. She later joined an indefinite hunger strike with other AISA members and, after other participants withdrew, continued fasting on her own.
Neha Bora remained one of the visible organisers and public faces of the agitation at Jantar Mantar.
UPSC may use this case to ask how student organisations build and sustain protest movements, how leadership shapes mobilisation, and why hunger strikes and public demonstrations are used as political tools. The issue also opens a discussion on democratic dissent, collective action, and the line between symbolic protest and durable organisational strength.
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