AISA national president Neha: ‘We’d exhausted all options; we thought let’s explore hunger strike too’

5 min readNew DelhiJul 27, 2026 07:19 AM IST AISA national president Neha (Express Photo) Whenever someone asked Neha how she was holding up through the hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, she found herself looking at another, much older protester, also on a fast, a few metres away. “There was this 60-year-old man,” Neha said, referring to Ladakhi activist Sonam Wangchuk. “He’s not even from Delhi, and he is braving this (hot and humid) climate. If he is sitting, we will sit for another four days. If he’s sitting for four days, we’ll sit for nine days,” she said.29-year-old Neha was not on the same platform as Sonam Wangchuk. He occupied the main stage at the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest, while Neha and five other student activists from the Left students’ organisation All India Students