Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has seized on student leader Neha Bora's remark that Bangladesh inspired the Gen Z movement in India, with party national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari describing it as an "open admission of regime change".

Bora, 29, studied at Delhi University before pursuing a doctorate at Jawaharlal Nehru University's School of Arts and Aesthetics.

In an undated interview, she said the Gen Z movement currently unfolding across India had first emerged in Bangladesh, a strategic partner of New Delhi and a key ally in securing its borders, particularly in the northeastern states.

"The Gen Z movement we are seeing everywhere in this country first started in Bangladesh and congratulations to y...