Signed by: Prakash Shah, Journalist, writer and editor Nireekshak G N Devy, Writer, cultural activist Anand Patwardhan, Film-maker Ram Punyani, Writer, activist Rajmohan Gandhi, Historian, public intellectual G. G. Parikh, Veteran freedom-fighter Nayantara Sahgal, Writer Ramachandra Guha, Historian, public intellectual Justice AP Shah, Retired High Court Judge Raosaheb Kasbe, Author, Gandhi-Ambedkar scholar Dilip Simeon, Public intellectual, writer Uttam Kamble, Author and activist Aruna Roy, Former IAS, social activist Shanta Sinha, Child rights activist Sanjoy Hazarika, Analyst,commentator Gulammohammed Sheikh, Artist, poet Sandeep Pandey, Social activist Kumar Ketkar, Journalist P. Sainath, Writer, public intellectual, Kavitha Lankesh, Film maker Githa Hariharan, Writer, activist T M Krishna, Musician, Cultural activist Laxminarayan Ramdas, Retd. Admiral, Indian Navy Lalita Ramdas, Social activist Matheswaran, Retd. Air Marshal, IAF Rajan Gavas, Writer, professor Atamjit Singh, Playwright C. Rammanohar Reddy, Editor, scholar Vinay Lal, Historian, professor Ashish Kothari, Environmentalist, activist Martin Macwan, Human Rights activist Arun Rodrigues, Concerned citizen Damodar Maouzo, Writer Nishikant Kolge, Scholar Kapil Patil, Rights activist Harsh Mander, Retd. IAS, Peace activist Daniya Rehman, Concerned citizen M. A. Kalam, Anthropologist, education administrator Datta Naik, Writer Madan Meena, Indigenous activist, artist Rajendra Chenny, Public intellectual, activist Sachin Rao, Gandhan activist Dakxin Bajrange, Theatre activist, film-maker Sanjiv Shah, Filmmaker, architect Apoorvanand, Public intellectual, activist Anil Sadgopal, Educationist Subhash Ware, Constitution-norms activist Nitin Vaidya, Film maker Sheba George, Concerned citizen Sunita Viswanath, Human Rights activist Rahamath Tarikere, Public intellectual, scholar Ashraf Ali Basheer Ali, Communal harmony activist Nagal Samy, (Retd) Principal Accountant General of Tamil Nadu Teesta Setalwad, Social activist Shabnam Hashmi, Social activist Patricia Mukim, Rights activist Uttambhai Parmar, Educationist Manishi Jani, Poet, activist Sheba Chacchi, Artist, photographer Ranjit Rai, Historian, Commander Sati Taneja, Commander (Retired) India Navy Laxmi Krishnamoorthy, Actress Primila Lewis, Journalist, writer Gurveen Kaur, Gandhian scholar Achin Vanaik, Writer, peace activist Dr. Hanif Lakdawala, Social activist Usha Naik, Concerned citizen Sudhir Naik, Concerned citizen Maj Gen S G Vombatkere, VSM (Veteran) Maj Gen T K Kaul PVSM ,AVSM,VSM ( Veteran) Abha Bhaiya, Womens’rights activist Nandini Oza, Writer, environmentalist Rajendra Chenni, Professor Ramesh Chand, Retired banker D.B.Kapila, Vice Admiral (Retired) Maj Priyadarshi Chowdhury, SC (Retd) Gurmehar Kaur, Journalist & Video Blogger Faisal Khan, Khudai Khidmadgar Yogendra Yadav, Social activist Javed Anand, Social activist Anuradha Bhasin, Senior journalist Ravi Nitesh, Social activist Kishore Mariwala, Social activist Anand Grover, Lawyer Jaya Iyer, Artist Amberin Memon, Software professional S.P. Ambrose , IAS (Retd.), Former Addl Secretary, Ministry of Shipping & Transport, GoI Anand Arni, RAS (Retd.), Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, GoI Mohinderpal Aulakh, IPS (Retd.), Former Director General of Police, Govt. of Punjab G. Balachandhran, IAS (Retd.), Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal Gopalan Balagopal , IAS (Retd.), Former Special Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal Chandrashekhar Balakrishnan , IAS (Retd.), Former Secretary, Coal, GoI Rana Banerji, RAS(Retd.), Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, GoI Sharad Behar, IAS (Retd.), Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh Aurobindo Behera, IAS (Retd.), Former Member, Board of Revenue, Govt. of Odisha Sundar Burra, IAS (Retd.), Former Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra Rachel Chatterjee, IAS (Retd.), Former Special Chief Secretary, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh Gurjit Singh Cheema, IAS (Retd.), Former Financial Commissioner, Govt. of Punjab Vibha Puri Das , IAS (Retd.), Former Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, GoI P.R. Dasgupta, IAS (Retd.), Former Chairman, Food Corporation of India, GoI Keshav Desiraju , IAS (Retd.), Former Health Secretary, GoI M.G. Devasahayam, IAS (Retd.), Former Secretary, Govt. of Haryana Meena Gupta, IAS (Retd.), Former Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests, GoI Ravi Vira Gupta , IAS (Retd.), Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Wajahat Habibullah , IAS (Retd.), Former Sec, GoI and Chief Information Commissioner Subodh Lal, IPoS(Resd), Former Deputy DG, Ministry of Communications, GoI P.M.S. Malik , IFS (Retd.), Former Ambassador to Myanmar & Special Sec, MEA, GoI L.L. Mehrotra, IFS (Retd.), Former Special Envoy to the Prime Minister and former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, GoI Aditi Mehta, IAS (Retd.), Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Rajasthan Sonalini Mirchandani , IFS (Resd.), GoI Malay Mishra, IFS (Retd.), Former Ambassador to Hungary Deb Mukharji , IFS (Retd.), Former High Commissioner to Bangladesh and former Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, IFS (Retd.), Former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Gautam Mukhopadhaya, IFS (Retd.), Former Ambassador to Myanmar P.A. Nazareth , IFS (Retd.), Former Ambassador to Egypt and Mexico P. Joy Oommen, IAS (Retd.), Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Chhattisgarh S.K. Pachauri, IAS (Retd.), Former Director General, National Productivity Council, GoI Amitabha Pande , IAS (Retd.), Former Secretary, Inter-State Council, GoI R. Poornalingam, IAS (Retd.), Former Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, GoI N.K. Raghupathy , IAS (Retd.), Former Chairman, Staff Selection Commission, GoI Julio Ribeiro , IPS (Retd.), Former Adviser to Governor of Punjab & former Ambassador to Romania A.K. Samanta, IPS (Retd.), Former Director General of Police (Intelligence), Govt. of West Bengal G. Sankaran, IC&CES (Retd.), Former President, Customs, Excise and Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal A. Selvaraj , IRS (Retd.), Former Chief Commissioner, Income Tax, Chennai, GoI Ashok Kumar Sharma, IFoS (Retd.), Former MD, State Forest Development Corporation, Govt. of Gujarat Ashok Kumar Sharma, IFS (Retd.), Former Ambassador to Finland and Estonia Navrekha Sharma , IFS (Retd.), Former Ambassador to Indonesia Raju Sharma , IAS (Retd.), Former Member, Board of Revenue, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh K.S. Sidhu, IAS (Retd.), Former Principal Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra A.K. Srivastava, IAS (Retd.), Former Administrative Member, Madhya Pradesh Administrative Tribunal Geetha Thoopal, IRAS (Retd.), Former General Manager, Metro Railway, Kolkata Hindal Tyabji, IAS (Retd.), Former Chief Secretary rank, Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir