Archive · 22 Aug 2026
Neha Bora Condemns ABVP Violence Amid Jadavpur University Unrest
Neha Bora is a student leader and the president of the All India Students’ Association.
She spoke about violence at Jadavpur University on August 19 and 20.
She blamed the ABVP, a student organisation linked to the RSS, for using violence on campuses.
She said similar violence had happened at JNU and Delhi University.
Bora also accused ABVP members of disrupting discussions, film screenings and book reviews.
She said students were resisting the organisation.
She added that Left student groups were working together.
The article presents Bora’s criticism and does not include a response from ABVP.
AISA president Neha Bora accused ABVP of conducting violence as its primary campus activity.
She cited incidents at JNU, Delhi University and Jadavpur University in making her criticism.
Bora said ABVP disrupts discussions, film screenings and book reviews organised by other students.
Her comments followed violence at Jadavpur University on August 19 and 20.
She said Left student organisations were responding in a unified manner against ABVP’s expansion.
- Who
- Neha Bora, president of the All India Students’ Association, discussed the ABVP and campus violence.
- What
- Bora accused the ABVP of making violence its main campus activity and praised students resisting it.
- When
- Her remarks followed violence at Jadavpur University on August 19 and 20; she spoke to the newspaper on Friday.
- Where
- The reported unrest occurred at Jadavpur University, while Bora referred to campuses including JNU and Delhi University.
- Why
- Bora was commenting on the violence at Jadavpur University and what she described as a broader pattern of ABVP activity.
- Speaker
- Neha Bora, a 25-year-old PhD scholar at JNU and president of AISA
- Organisation criticised
- The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), described in the article as the RSS’s student wing
- Reported incident
- Violence at Jadavpur University on August 19 and 20
- Other campuses mentioned
- Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University
- Bora’s allegation
- She said ABVP’s campus activity has primarily involved violence
- Student response
- Bora said students, including Left student organisations, were fighting back in a unified manner
- Earlier public profile
- Bora gained national attention during protests at Jantar Mantar over the NEET paper leak