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On the public statement of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi
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- Published on 17 May 2010
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Press Statement, 17 May 2010
We the undersigned welcome the public statement of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, the President of the Congress Party that the extreme neglect of the tribal areas is at the root of the present crisis in those regions. We hope that this appreciation of the need to go deeper into the question would lead to initiatives for immediate cessation of hostilities and dialogue so that the process of people-oriented development can be made feasible.
Signatories:
Justice V R Krishna Iyer, Judge (Retd) Supreme Court of India
Justice P B Sawant, Judge (Retd) Supreme Court of India, former Chairperson, Press Council of India
Shankar Ghosh, Poet
Amit Bhaduri, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Mahasweta Devi, writer
Romila Thapar, historian, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Arundhati Roy, Writer
B D Sharma, Former Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Tribes
Bibhas Chakraborty, Playwright
D Bandopadhyay, Former Secretary, Government of India
G N Saibaba, Asst. Professor, University of Delhi
Joy Goswami, Poet
Madhu Bhaduri, Former Indian Ambassador to Portugal
Amit Bhattacharyya,Professor of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
P K Vijayan, Asst. Professor, University of Delhi
Prashant Bhushan, Advocate, Supreme Court
Randhir Singh, Professor (retd.), Depart. of Political Science, University of Delhi
Rona Wilson, Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners
Tarun Sanyal, Poet & President of Writers Association, West Bengal
Sujatho Bhadro, Democratic Rights Activist
Sumit Chakravarty, Editor, Mainstream, Weekly
Vijay Singh, Member, Academic Council, University of Delhi
SAR Geelani, Asst. Professor, University of Delhi & Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners
Arjumand Ara, Member, Academic Council, University of Delhi
Ravinder Goel, Asst. Professor, University of Delhi