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AISA Chief Neha Bora Faces Backlash From Congress Supporters Over Remark
- •AISA national president Neha Bora faced severe social media criticism after her reference to 'some people's representatives' was interpreted by Congress supporters as undermining Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.
- •While critics accused Bora of trivializing Gandhi's role in defending protesters, defenders argued her post was meant to praise him for actively standing up for democracy.
- •The online spat unfolded amidst intense protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and allegations of widespread voter disenfranchisement during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- •Bora has continued to call for broader political and civil society unity against the electoral revisions, claiming that millions of names have been wrongfully deleted.
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Neha Bora faced criticism after a social media post referring to 'some people's representatives' was interpreted by several Congress supporters as trivializing or diminishing the role of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. While some viewed the wording as an insult, others defended it as praise for politicians defending democracy.
Neha Bora claimed that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls could disenfranchise approximately 13 crore people and alleged that nearly 1,000 individuals were detained during protests in Delhi. She demanded that the SIR exercise be scrapped, arguing that governments elected after it are born out of vote theft.
CPI(ML) Liberation national general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya called for the immediate removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. He also demanded the cancellation of the SIR exercise and fresh elections in states where polls were conducted following the revision, specifically highlighting Bihar and West Bengal.
