Uprooting RSS, BJP is a task still left to be done, says AISA leader Neha Bora

Neha Bora, the national president of the All-India Students’ Association (AISA), has stated that merely the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as Union Education Minister following the Jantar Mantar protests in Delhi is not sufficient to "win back our country." At a public event in Kozhikode on August 22, 2026, the student leader argued that the removal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was a task yet to be accomplished.

She emphasized that Indian society should reject all forms of communal division and stated that the BJP and RSS must be eradicated not only from power but also from the fundamental fabric of society. Bora argued that defeating the BJP in elections alone is not enough; the ideologies of the BJP and RSS must also be combated in various social settings, such as political discussions, dining gatherings, academic environments, and digital platforms.

She stressed that the actions of the BJP and RSS have caused deep divisions among the people of the country, estranging friends and family members and turning neighbors into enemies. She asserted that a genuine democracy must compel the governments to remain vigilant against the prospect of a mass movement and ensure accountability to the common people and students.

Bora suggested that an organized force like the RSS and BJP could only be defeated by another organized force with a clear political vision. At a subsequent panel discussion at 'Secular Fest', an event organized by 'Wake Up Keralam' and Deseeya Manavika Vedi, she posited that while the online collective responsible for the Jantar Mantar protests was currently not planning to establish an organization, they would eventually integrate into a broader alliance against the Sangh Parivar's political ideology.