Far-left anarchist Neha Bora has defended her earlier remarks praising the regime change movement in Bangladesh after facing backlash. In an interview with ‘journalist’ Nidhi Razdan on the DeKoder channel, Bora claimed that the video circulating online had been doctored and alleged that her remarks were presented out of context.
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During the interview, Razdan asked Bora to clarify her position. “Do you take inspiration from Bangladesh or not?” Razdan asked her.
In response, Bora claimed the video was originally made for the national conference of the Socialist Student Front (SFF), a progressive socialist student group in Bangladesh. She alleged that she was congratulating its activists and expressing support for their political movement.
Neha Bora accuses BJP, right-wing ecosystem of creating hatred against Bangladesh
During the interview, Bora also criticised the BJP and sections of the media for the public reaction to her comments about Bangladesh. She claimed that people had been conditioned to react negatively whenever Bangladesh was mentioned.
“The moment you hear Bangladesh, you have to become extremely agitated. You don’t know why you’re agitated, but you have to fill yourself with hatred, and whatever follows the word Bangladesh, you have to condemn it,” she said.
She blamed what she described as the “Godi media” and the wider right-wing ecosystem for encouraging this reaction.
“We’ve been trained into this by Godi media. We’ve been trained into this by the entire right-wing ecosystem,” Bora said, adding that she wanted to “set the record straight” about the video.
Earlier video showed Bora hailing Bangladesh’s Gen Z movement
Bora’s clarification comes after an earlier video message, shared on Wednesday, October 14, in which she openly praised the regime change in Bangladesh.
The protests in Bangladesh in 2024 led to the removal of then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power in August that year. The political upheaval followed weeks of student-led demonstrations that grew into a wider movement against her government.
In the video message, Bora extended her support to the activists in Bangladesh and linked their movement to protests for democratic and voting rights in India.
“We present you with our red salute. And we know that the Gen-Z movement that we are seeing everywhere in this country first started in Bangladesh. And congratulations to you for showing us the way, for showing us and extending solidarity to the young people of this country,” she said.
Bora further claimed that the movement in Bangladesh was driven by demands for democratic and voting rights, drawing a comparison with the protests involving young people in India.
“We know that the movement that began in Bangladesh was for democratic and voter rights. Today the movement that the young people are participating in and leading is also a movement for democratic and voting rights,” she said.
She also highlighted what she described as the fight against religious fundamentalism in Bangladesh, saying it was similar to the struggle being taken up by young people in India.
“We know that the fight that you fight against religious fundamentalism in your country is also a fight that the Gen Z and the young people of this country fight today,” Bora said.
