[Reader-list] Complete list of signatures in support of Mallika Sarabhai

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*APPEAL*





*RALLY BEHIND MALLIKA SARABHAI IN HER FIGHT AGAINST COMMUNAL FASCISM*







As you must be aware, Mallika Sarabhai is contesting from the Gandhinagar
loksabha seat against the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate, L.K. Advani.  Ms.
Sarabhai's electoral fight against Mr. Advani assumes utmost political
significance because it has become a symbol of struggle between the forces
of secular democracy and communal fascism.  This is a struggle for pluralist
democracy where the religious minorities are respected as equal citizens
against the fascist Hindutva ideology of creating a demonic "other" and
carrying out pogroms against religious minorities and treating them as
second class citizens by undermining a modern liberal democratic society.
This goes against the very ethos of our Constitution.





One recoils in horror at the memory of the gory murder, rape and mayhem -
the ghastly state sponsored communal carnage in Gujarat in the year 2002.
Mr. L.K. Advani as the Home Minister of India and Narendra Modi as the Chief
Minister of Gujarat presided over this utterly shameful chapter of
post-Independent Indian history.



It is needless to recall Mr. Advani's role as the prime mover of
communalizing the Indian society and imposing fascist Hindutva ideology on
toiling workers, peasants and peace loving citizens of our country, thus
tearing apart the social fabric of our society, which continues to bleed
till today.



L.K. Advani's infamous Rath Yatra in 1989 spread the communal poison across
the length and breadth of the country, polarized the society on religious
lines, inflicting a severe blow to the very basis of peaceful, dignified
coexistence of various religious groups in a pluralist liberal democratic
society undermining the secular democratic foundations of our constitution,
which was achieved after numerous sacrifices in our long drawn freedom
struggle.



The Rath Yatra of Advani and the resultant communal frenzy culminated in the
shameful demolition of Babri Masjid which traumatized the Muslim community
and also secular citizens of India.  Mr. Advani was present on the spot
along with other front-ranking B.J.P. leaders encouraging the lumpen Kar
Sevaks when they forcibly brought down the Babri Masjid.



The recent incidents like the horrifying killing of Christians in Kandhmal,
the attack on women in Mangalore and other places are frightening indicators
of Hindutva ideology led by Mr. Advani.  It bears ominous signs of the
fascist take over of India if we don’t make the necessary effective
intervention to stem this tide of regressive medieval barbarism.



Mr. Advani is the symbol of both communal fascism and patriarchy, which
spells doom for religious minorities and women in this country.  Therefore
it is imperative all of us join hands to defeat the nefarious designs of the
Sangh Parivar.





We appeal to all secular, democratic organizations, women, students and
youth to actively campaign for Ms. Mallika Sarabhai in her principled
electoral battle against Mr. L.K. Advani in Gandhinagar.



   1. Kuldip Nayar
   2. Sandip Pandey (NAPM and peoples political front)
   3. Com Suneet Chopra (General Secretary All India Agricultural worker
   union and Member Central Committee, CPIM)
   4. Meher Engineer (Social activist and Ex Director Bose institute,
   Calcutta)
   5. Colin Gonsalves (Human rights law network, New Delhi)
   6. Jagadish (New Socialist Alternative, Bangalore)
   7. Mazhar Hussain (COVA Hyderabad)
   8. Saktiman Ghosh (National Hawkers Federation, Calcutta)
   9. K.P. Sasi (Film Maker visual search, Bangalore)
   10. Dilip Kumar Mahto (Socialist Hawkers Union)
   11. S.M. Pasha (All India Forum of Muslim journalists)
   12. Anuradha Chenoy (Professor, school of International studies, J NU)
   13. Subodh Malakar (President JNU Teachers Association)
   14. Anand Kumar (Professor, school of social science, JNU)
   15. Chaman Lal (Professor centre of Indian Languages, school of
   languages, JNU)
   16. Manider Thakur (Associate Professor, centre for political studies
   school of social sciences JNU)
   17. Amir Ali (Associate Professor centre fro political studies, JNU)
   18. Rajvir Pawar (activist socialist front New Delhi)
   19. Harsh Mander (Aman biradari New Delhi)
   20. Subhas Lomte (Convenor National Campaign committee for Rural workers)
   21. Hannah Jana Priya (activist Kashi Pur solidarity group New Delhi)
   22. Thomas Kochary (National fish workers forum)
   23. Vijay Pratap  (Convenor Socialist front)
   24. Babulal Sharma (Global Gandhi forum)
   25. Wilfred - (Insaf.  New Delhi)
   26. Kiran Shaheen - (Journalist and Political Activist - New Delhi)
   27. Faisal Khan - (NAPM - New Delhi)
   28. Prakash Kumar Ray (Research scholar, film studies, school of arts and
   Aesthetics

29.  New Delhi JNU)

30.  Usman (Research scholar, centre for Indian languages school of
languages JNU)

31.  Rishika Meherishi (Research scholar, school of Art and Aesthetics JNU)

32.  P.K. Sundaram (Research scholar school of International studies JNU)

33.  Laxman Singh (Research scholar, Third world studies Jamial Milia
Islamia, New

34.  Delhi)

35.  Putul (Social activist, New Delhi)

36.  Asit (Activist and researcher New Delhi)

37.  Sayantoni (Researcher, New Delhi)

38.  Bhuwan Pathak (Social activist, Uttarakhand)

39.  Kumar Sameer (Social activist, New Delhi )

40.  Anil Pushkar (Research scholar centre for Indian languages, school of
language

41.  JNU)

42.  Ajit Jha (Reader  University)

43.  Sukla Sen (EKTA, Mumbai)

44.  Prem Krishan Sharma, President PUCL, Rajasthan

45.  Radha Kant Saxena, vice President, PUCL, Rajasthan

46.  Kavita Srivastava, General Secretary, PUCL, Rajasthan

47.  DL Tripathi, President, Ajmer district, PUCL, Rajasthan

48.  Anant Tripathi, General Secretary, Ajmer District, Rajasthan

49.  Prakash Chaturvedi, Secretary, Rajasthan Jan Morcha ( Front of
Alternative politics in n Rajasthan)

50.  Than Singh, Chairperson, Rajasthan Jan Morcha

51.  Nishat Hussein, VP PUCL, Rajasthan

52.  Dr. John Dayal (Ex_President catholic Union, New Delhi)

53.  Anil Chaudhary (Insaf New Delhi)

54.  Piyus Pant (Editor-Lok Samvad, New Delhi)

55.  Amit Pokhriyal (Research Scholar, JNU)

56.  Aftab Alam (Research Scholar, Centre for Political Studies, JNU)

57.  Dr. Anupam Anand (Lecturer, Allahabad University, U.P)

58.  Alka Prabhakar (Nari Mukti Sangthan, U.P)

59.  D.P Singh (Bihan, Allahabad, U.P)

60.  Adiyog (Awaz, Lucknow)

61.  Bhan Sahu (Gurmil Morcha, Chattishgarh)

62.  Vineet Kohli (Researcher New Delhi)

63.  Gpanpat (Research scholar, Centre for Indian Languages, School of
Language

   1. JNU)
   2. Rabin Chakrabarty (Social activist)
   3. Dr. Arif Ali Syed
   4. Ram Naryan Kumar
   5. Bhawani Shankar Kusum  (Journalist Ambar Rajasthan)
   6. Vandana Mahajan
   7. Anivar Arvind (Social activist Benglore)
   8. Zafar Iqbal (Washington U.S.A.)
   9. Dr. Nargis Jaffrey
   10. Shweta Anand (Research Scholar School of Social Science JNU)
   11. Feroze Mithiborewala (Awami Bharat Mumbai)
   12. V.S. Roy David (Convener National Adivasi Alliance, Karnataka)
   13. Sarad Rahman  (Sub editor Madhyamam daily Kochi Kerala)
   14. Noor Jahan Mommin  (Post Graduate Student Bombay University, Mumbai)
   15. Arun Kumar Panibaba (Senior journalist New Delhi)
   16. Josna (Critical quest Delhi)
   17. Alok (Krantikar Yuva sanghthan Delhi)
   18. Abha Bhaiya (Womens rights activist)
   19. Sanjay Kumar (Research Fellow Indian Institute of Foreign trade New
   Delhi)
   20. Gufran (Theatre activist New Delhi)
   21. Jeet Bhatacharya (Research scholar, Film studies school of Art and
   Aesthetics, JNU)
   22. Srireka Mazumdar (Student SL / CLIN, JNU)
   23. Vikram Singh (SADED New Delhi)