Left with no other choice, a group of prominent intellectuals from India have begun to call upon interplanetary and extraterrestrial forces to descend on the country and prevent Narendra Modi from becoming the PM on May 16.

“This is our last hope. It’s okay even if aliens can come down and take over the reins of the country, but it should definitely not go to the hands of this man. No matter how evil they are, the aliens still can’t be more dangerous, fascist, dictatorial, communal and evil than Modi. We hereby call upon and invite aliens to keep the communal ilk away from forming the government,” said filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt. “If they do heed my word, I will offer them a lifetime of opportunities to make out on screen, in my movies,” Bhatt added.

To this effect, a written petition, urging “secular, intellectual aliens” to descend on the country and save it from the communal hands of Modi, has already been beamed to outer space via satellites. “We are also making full use of Ashutosh, many of whose tweets are widely thought to be coded communication with aliens,” Bhatt added.

A — ashutosh (@ashutosh83B) February 17, 2014

I tried calling Ka — ashutosh (@ashutosh83B) March 17, 2014

Filmmaker Rakesh Roshan has complained of pressure from the intellectual group to assist them in alien communication, having made alien-centric films like Koi Mil Gaya and Krrish. “We don’t mind if our combined force has many unnatural, green faces. I’ve already started a ‘Green and lovely’ campaign for our cause. As long as the aliens are against communal forces, that’s all we need,” added actress Nandita Das.

Unconfirmed sources say that a request that went, “Abe aliens, tum log kahaan par ho yaar?” (Oye aliens, where are you guys?) met with an “Ab ki baar Modi Sarkaar” response. The intellectuals, however, claim that they haven’t yet received any reply from outer space, prompting AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal to tweet, “Shame! You aliens have sold your souls to Modi and Ambani.”