We strongly deplore the raids by the Enforcement Directorate on the independent online news portal, NEWSCLICK. This is in continuation of the attacks on journalists and media persons, including Mrinal Pande, Rajdeep Sardesai, Zafar Agha, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mandeep Punia, Vinod Jose, Aman Nath, Paresh Nath and others, who have been vocal in their support of the farmers’ agitation.
In solidarity,
- A N DAMODARAN, janasamskriti
- A.G.K. Menon, architect/urban planner
- Aban Raza, artist
- Abhilasha Kumari, former director, KIIT University, professor, communication ISID,
- Achin Vanaik, retd. professor, Delhi University
- Aditi Chowdhury, citizen
- Aditya Mukherjee, professor retd., JNU
- Ajay K. Mehra, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Senior Fellow, NMML
- Ahmar Raza,
- Ajith Pillai, independent journalist
- Albeena Shakeel, former president, JNUSU
- Amitabha Basu,retired scientist, CSIR – NPL
- Amitabha Pande, IAS retd, former secretary, Government of India.
- Amitava Das, artist
- Amitava Sanyal, journalist
- Anil Bhatti, professor emeritus, JNU
- Anil Chandra, activist
- Anil Rai, retd. professor, NIUA
- Anisha Shekhar Mukherjee, conservation architect and writer
- Anita Rampal, educationist
- Antara Dev Sen, journalist
- Anuradha Kapur, theatre worker
- Apoorvanand, writer, teacher
- Archana Prasad, JNU
- Aruna Roy & Nikhil Dey, MKSS
- Avinash Kumar, assistant professor, JNU
- Ayesha Kidwai, JNU
- Baankaahi
- Badri Raina, author, columnist
- Basanta, editor, Tulika Books
- Bishnupriya Dutt, JNU
- Deepak Sanan, retd. civil servant
- Dhanu Swadi, concerned citizen
- Dinesh Abrol, retd scientist, CSIR
- Dr Anis Ansari IAS (r), president, All India Professionals ‘ Congress, UP
- Dr. S.Krishnaswamy, retired senior professor, ex Madurai Kamaraj University
- Estell Desai, activist
- Gautam Mody, general secretary, New Trade Union Initiative
- Geeta Kapur, independent art critic and curator
- Gigi Scaria, artist
- Harsh Mandar, activist, writer
- Indira Chandrasekhar, publisher
- Indranil Chowdhury, assistant professor, Delhi University
- Irfan Habib, professor emeritus, AMU
- Jagmohan Singh, general secretary, Association for Democratic Rights (Punjab)
- Jahar Kanungo, filmmaker, writer
- Joe Athialy, New Delhi
- K. L. Sharma, former professor, JNU
- Kalyani Menon Sen, independent researcher
- Karuna D.W., assistant professor, Azim Premji University
- Kausar Wizarat, former assistant professor, NIEPA
- Kumar Shahani, independent film maker
- Latika Gupta
- Lima Kanungo, retd teacher, DU
- Lt Col Anuj Srivastava, retd.
- M.G. Devasahayam, chairman, People-First
- M.K. Raina, actor, theatre director
- Madan Gopal Singh, writer, singer
- Madhu Prasad, retd. teacher, Delhi University
- Madhusree Dutta, filmmaker, curator
- Maitrayee Chaudhuri, professor, JNU
- Mandira Sen, Director, Stree, Samya
- Manini Chatterjee, journalist and author
- Maya Krishna Rao, theatre artist
- Meera Sanghamitra, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)
- MG Devasahayam
- Mohan Rao, retd. professor, JNU
- Moushumi Basu, JNU
- Mridula Mukherjee, retd. professor, JNU
- N.D.Jayaprakash, social worker
- N.K. Sharma, theatre director
- Nancy Adajania, cultural theorist and curator, Bombay
- Nasir Tyabji,former director, professor, Jamia Millia Islamia
Narayani Gupta, retd. professor, JMI - Navsharan Singh
- Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, independent journalist
- Nuzhat Kazmi,
- P. Sainath, journalist
- P.K. Shukla, former secretary, ICHR
- Padma Velaskar, retd. professor, TISS (Mumbai)
- Pamela Philipose, independent journalist
- Parthiv Shah, designer, photographer
- Prabhat Patnaik, professor emeritus, JNU
- Pradip Kumar Datta, retired professor
- Puneet Nicholas Yadav, journalist
- Pushpamala N, artist
- R. Ramakumar
- Rajendra Sharma, writer, activist
- Rajinder Arora, writer, designer, publisher
- Raka Chakravarty, architect
- Ram Rahman, designer, photographer
- Ramesh Dixit, retd. professor, Lucknow University
- Ras Bihari Das, retd., IRTS
- Rashmi Doraiswamy, professor, Jamia Millia Islamia
- Renu Gupta, entrepreneur
- Rimli Bhattacharya, writer, teacher & translator, University of Delhi
- Ritambhara Shastri, journalist
- Ritu Menon, publisher
- Rupinder Kaur, social activist
- S.N.Sahu, retd. IAS officer
- Saeed Mirza, writer, filmmaker
- Saif Mahmood, advocate, Supreme Court of India
- Sajid Raza Khan, retd civil engineer, DDA
- Sarita Sabiruddin
- Shabnam Hashmi, Anhad
- Sharmila Samant, artist
- Sherna Dastur, designer
- Shireen Moosvi, retd professor, AMU
- Smita Gupta, independent economist
- Sohail Hashmi, writer, filmmaker
- Sucheta Mahajan, professor, JNU
- Sudhir Chandra, retd, professor
- Tejal Kanitkar, associate professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies
- Thomas Franco, People First
- Utsa Patnaik, professor emerita, JNU
- Valay Singh, writer, journalist
- Vivan Sundaram, artist
- Zoya Hasan, retd. professor, JNU
