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print versionViolence, hooliganism, and disruption of the democratic process is common to all fundamentalist elements in the political sphere. Last evening some goons (a.k.a party workers) from the muslim fundamentalist Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party attacked noted activist S.Q. Masood, who was working as an observer for the Aam Aadmi Party at Golconda in the Karwan Assembly Constituency, Hyderabad.
Similarly, three days ago well known activist Shabnam Hashmi and Pratap Singh Negi were attacked by BJP workers in Rae Bareli, UP while distributing leaflets exposing the Gujarat development claims. The workers threatened to rape Ms. Hashmi if she did not relent. In both cases the police refused to register FIRs. These brazen acts of violence by both Hindu and Muslim fundamentalist parties, within the protective umbrella of the police, are horrifying and must be strongly condemned. These parties are breeding an inhumane culture of intolerance in the name of religion and corrupting the law and order system.These incidents provide a glimpse of the hatred, disorder and deteriorated law & order situation that will be the order of the day when these parties come into power.
In Solidarity
Achin Vanaik, Academic, Delhi
Ali Asghar, Hyderabad
Amalendu Upadhyaya, Editor, Hastakshep.com
Amar Kanwar, Film maker, Delhi
Amit Sengupta, Senior Journalist
Amitabh Pandey, Delhi
Anu Chenoy, Academic, JNU, Delhi
Apoorvanand, Academic, Delhi University
Asad Ashraf, Jamia Student’s Solidarity Forum
Asad Zaidi, Writer & Publisher
Ashish Awasthi, Activist, Lucknow
Battini Rao,People’s Alliance for Democracy and Secularism (PADS)
Bhawna Sharma, Activist, Delhi
Biju Mohan, Film maker, Kerala
Dinesh Mohan, IIT Delhi
Dr Neshat Quaiser, Academic, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
Father Cedric Prakash, Prashant, Ahmedabad
Harsh Kapoor (sacw.net)
Harshita Yalamarty, Student, JNU
Hasan Abdullah
Hozefa Ujjaini, Ahmadabad
Indu Prakash Singh, Rights Defender, NFHR & FACT
Irfan Engineer, Mumbai
Joe Athialy, Activist, Delhi
John Dayal, Member, National Integration Council
Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Academic, JNU, Delhi
Kamayani Bali Mahabal, feminist and Human Rights Activist
Kiran Shaheen, People’s Alliance for Democracy and Secularism (PADS)
Kumar Prashant
Kumar Sundaram, Anti Nuclear Activist, Delhi
Lesley Esteves, Activist, New Delhi
Madhuresh Kumar, NAPM
Manisha Sethi, Academic, Delhi
Mansi Sharma, Activist, Delhi
Mohammad Imran
Mukta Srivastava
Nalini Taneja, Teacher, Delhi
Navaid Hamid, Member, National Integration Council
Niloufer Bhagwat, Mumbai
Nirmalangshu Mukherji, Activist & Writer
Nishat Quaisar, Jamia Millia Islamia
NOMOre Campaign
Ovais Sultan Khan, Social Work Professional, Delhi
Persis Jinwala, Activist Ahmadabad
Prasad Chacko, Activist, Ahmedabad
Puneet Sharma, Director, Mumbai
Purwa Bhardwaj, Independent Writer/Researcher, Delhi
Rakesh Sharma, Film maker, Mumbai
Ram Puniyani, All India Secular Forum, Mumbai
Rituparna Borah, Delhi
Rohini Hensman, Writer
Runu Chakraborty Saheli Women’s Resource Centre, New Delhi
Sanjay Kapoor, Editor, Hardnews
Seema Mustafa, Editor, The Citizen
Sehba farooqui, AIDWA
Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, Activist, Writer, Delhi
Shesh Narain Singh, Journalist
Shree Prakash, UDFI, Indore
Subhash Gatade, New Socialist Initiative
Sukla Sen, Mumbai
Sushovan Dhar
Tanweer Fazal, Academic, JNU, Delhi
Vani Subramanian, filmmaker
Vidya Bhushan Rawat, Activist, writer, Delhi
Vijay Kishor, Delhi
Wilfred D Costa, INSAF
