New Delhi: AISA To Join September 5 Students’ March

Extending support to the protest, AISA president Neha Bora said the government must withdraw all the cases and order an investigation into the alleged firing.

In an earlier post on X carrying the warning, “Sab yaad rakha jayega” (Everything will be remembered), the CJP accused the government of reneging on promises to withdraw the cases and compensate victims of alleged police atrocities.

Speaking in Mumbai, Bora said the issues behind the youth mobilisation remained unresolved, with cases still pending against students despite the government’s earlier commitment to withdraw them.

“The government must fully withdraw all cases. There should be an inquiry into the firing of pellets and bullets, and the government must be fully prepared to take accountability for the same,” she said.

The Abhijeet Dipke-led CJP announced that it would resume its peaceful mobilisation after a month-long pause following negotiations with the Centre.

The September 5 march, coinciding with Teachers’ Day, is expected to be led by the families of students who died by suicide following the cancellation of the NEET examination and the subsequent re-test, as well as those allegedly subjected to police excesses during the July agitation.

Bora, who participated in a 23-day hunger strike in Delhi with climate activist Sonam Wangchuk over the NEET paper leak last month, claimed that the protests had become necessary because the government had made dialogue with ordinary people difficult.

“The entire point of why students and youth came out on the streets was that this government has made it impossible for common people to have a dialogue with it,” she said.

“We stand with any democratic, secular and progressive agitation that demands accountability from this government, which refuses to listen,” said Bora, who also participated in protests against alleged recruitment examination irregularities in Jharkhand.

Referring to the families affected by the NEET controversy, she said the government should have recognised their concerns when the agitation began.

On Delhi Police saying that it had not yet received an application for the march and would review any request, Bora said AISA would await its response.

“There have been many protests in the past without police permission, and we stand by the democratic principle that protests do not need permission,” she said.

Bora said AISA’s support extended beyond the withdrawal of cases to issues affecting students nationwide, including the centralisation of examinations and agitations at the state, university and college levels.