Who is Neha Bora? Activist in focus over Jharkhand protest sat on hunger strike next to Wangchuk at Jantar Mantar
Neha Bora shot to fame during the Jantar Mantar protests, where she spent 23 days on hunger strike alongside AISA leaders and Sonam Wangchuk.
Neha Bora, a 29-year-old PhD scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University and national president of the All India Students' Association, has become a prominent figure in student protests in India. She has been involved in hunger strikes and ink attacks, drawing attention to exam irregularities. Bora, originally from Uttarakhand, has been active in student politics on campus and completed her undergraduate studies at Delhi University.
She spent 23 days on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar alongside other student leaders, including Sonam Wangchuk. During a protest in Ranchi, an unidentified man threw ink at Bora, but she wore it "with pride" and vowed that protesters would "write the future with ink". Despite her family's political differences, Bora remains committed to student politics and believes the protests have shown young people the importance of fighting together rather than against one another.
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