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Despite all the strictness of the police, 29 year old Neha Bora takes to the streets of Delhi to protest.
Neha is the national president of 'All India Students Union' i.e. AISA, the student wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation.
Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Deepke had announced protests from October 10 demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Deepke was coming to Delhi from Mumbai with his two associates Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka but they were detained at the Delhi airport right before the flight.
His detention was not very unexpected. There did not seem to be any strategy on their part to dodge the police and take to the streets.
On the other hand, on Saturday, when the police stopped the protesters from reaching Jantar Mantar, the scheduled protest site in New Delhi, Neha Bora appealed to gather again at Dilli Haat, located 10 kilometers away.
Before leaving for the spot, he wrote on social media platform X, "Today Dilli Haat will become Jantar Mantar."
After this she moved forward raising slogans and other people also joined her.
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The police took him into custody along with many other activists. But even while in custody, he appealed to continue the protest.
"I am in custody. Those who were stopped by the police should protest wherever they are. They were released later on Saturday," he said in a video posted online.
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In these demonstrations being led by the Cockroach Janata Party, there is a demand to remove the Chief Election Commissioner of India from the post.
The protesters allege that the names of more than 13 crore people have been removed from the voter lists in an opaque manner. This number is more than the population of Japan.
When Neha Bora came out of custody, she once again managed to dodge the police on Sunday. On Sunday, Neha claimed to deceive Delhi Police through real and look-alike.
The real Neha was seen running among the crowd in Connaught Place and Neha's lookalike was seen fighting with the police at RK Ashram.
Neha joined the march. She ran. He was chased. He dodged the police. Then ran away. Eventually he was caught.
They expressed anger and smiled, raised slogans and were pushed into the police bus. From inside the bus, he expressed his views through Instagram.
On the other hand, CJP leaders who were released from custody on Sunday morning said that now this movement will be spread across the country.
CJP co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka said, "The fight has just begun."
The top leadership of CJP is making new announcements every day but it has not got success in taking to the streets like Neha.
After being detained, Neha Bora posted another video.
He said, “There are four cells in this bus and there is no breathing space. Are the buses carrying detainees being converted into jails?"
He accused the central paramilitary forces and police of "waging a war against the common people".
He asked, "Why so much violence just to save Gyanesh Kumar?"
He reiterated the demand for his resignation from the post of Chief Election Commissioner.
The Election Commission has consistently denied allegations of bias.
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After the video of Bora's escape was posted on Instagram on Sunday, a user commented, "If she is not seen for a few days, even the police would be wondering, 'Where is Neha today?'"
One supporter wrote on Facebook, “I don't know what this girl is made of! Every time an attempt is made to stop her, every time she returns to the field!”
Another user on So much energy!”
Neha credits theater for her entry into politics and later the student-led protests against the citizenship law in 2019 and 2020.
When Neha had said that there should be unity and not comparison
On October 7, Neha Bora along with Cockroach Janata Party's Abhijeet Deepke and Saurav Das held a joint press conference and announced a protest at Jantar Mantar on October 10.
At that time, when people on social media were calling Neha Bora more mature than Abhijeet Deepke, Deepke agreed with it.
But to this Neha had replied, "There should be unity, not comparison."
But after the October 10 protest, while Neha Bora was seen following the strategy of flash protest, Abhijeet Deepke and his colleagues have been explaining their strategy publicly.
Therefore, the police had to struggle a lot to take Bora into custody, but the police seemed to take the leaders of Cockroach Janata Party into custody with ease. CJP has been making its strategy public.
On October 11, the Cockroach Janata Party appealed on social media, "All the cockroaches currently present in Delhi should stay there." Next call is coming! Trains are running again for cockroaches outside Delhi.
Cockroach Janata Party is appealing for peaceful demonstration. He says that this movement will remain non-violent in any situation.
The party has said that Abhijeet Deepke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka will go to Sansad Marg Police Station and demand to fix a date for the peace protest at Jantar Mantar.
Delhi Police can tell them the date within 24 hours, otherwise they will themselves call for a protest. It is not yet clear whether CJP had contacted AISA or Neha Bora before taking this decision or not.
Senior journalist Nikhil Wagle wrote on this, "CJP should join Rahul Gandhi's march to the Supreme Court." Stop doing misleading politics and fight like Neha Bora.
Today Rahul Gandhi is going to take out a march against the Chief Election Commissioner but CJP has not said about joining this march. On October 10, CJP leaders were being detained in Delhi while Rahul Gandhi was also in Chennai.
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