Ahmedabad, 19 January 2014

A group of major America/west/church funded NGOs and others is out again with their evergreen “Stop Modi” project. In a press conference held in Ahmedabad today, Foreign funded NGO operators Lalji Desai ( Jameen Adhikar Andolan – Gujarat (JAAG)), Gagan Sethi (Janvikas) , Manan Trivedi ( Anhad) and Shabnam Hashmi along with left leaning Indu Kumar Jani ( Editor Naya Marg) and Rajnibhai Dave(Editor Bhoomiputra) announced formation of JANVADI VICHAR ANDOLAN, BHARAT ( JAVAB).

They said the formation of this front is against Hindutva agenda and communal forces.

“We feel that we need to intervene urgently to the best of our ability to ensure the defeat of communal forces.”

“It will be our effort to appeal to all secular forces to ensure that the anti-communal vote does not splinter. The platform will work in some select constituencies to repel any communal polarization through its grass roots campaigns and meetings right up till the elections,” the statement further reads.

It also reads, “over the next ten days we will be contacting individuals and groups across India to join us. We will release the addresses of offices across India by January 30 and have a website functioning so that people can join the platform. This platform will have local branches in select constituencies. The local committees will conduct door to door campaigns, hold aman panchayats, foster dialogue between communities, ensure that people’s issues remain at the centre of the election campaign, and be vigilant against any communal-fascist propaganda.”

Following are the names associated with the JAVAB as per the release.

Aban Raza, painter, Delhi

Aisha Siddqui, Lucknow

Amit Sengupta, journalist, Delhi

Anand Patwardhan, Film maker

Asad Ashraf, Jamia Students Solidarity Forum, Delhi

Asad Zaidi, publisher, Delhi

Bhavana Ramrakhiani, Convenor, Ahmedabad Community Foundation

Bhavna Sharma, service, Delhi

Deepti Raju, senior activist, Ahmedabad

Dr Harshvardhan Hegde, surgeon, Delhi

Dr. Dilip Borah, Gauhati University, President Assam Sahitya Sanmilanee

Dr. Indrajeet Bezbaruah, Lumding College. Writer, Social activist.

Dr. Sabeeha Anwar

Dr. Subash Barman, Secretary, Assam college Teachers, Association, Goalpara

Dr.Monirul Hussain,Gauhati university

Emanuk Haque, Secretary, Bhasha o Chetana Samity, West Bengal

Gaurang Raval, Sauhard, Ahmedabad

Hafiz Ahmed, Convener, All India Secular Forum, Assam.

Harinesh Pandya, Janpath, Ahmedabad

Harsh Kapoor, South Asia Web

Indukumar Jani, Journalist, Editor Naya Marg, and senior activist, Ahmedabad

John Dayal, Catholic Union

Kedar Misra, writer, poet, Orissa

KN Panikkar, Historian, Kerala

Lalji Desai, senior activist, Ahmedabad

Madhumita Ray, activist, Orissa

Mahesh Bhatt, Film director

Manan Trivedi, activist

Manisha Sethi, academic, activist, JTSA

Manisha Trivedi, ANHAD

Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi

Mohan Rao, Academic, Delhi

Mohd Aamir, Anhad

Mona Das, Academic, Delhi

Muniza Khan, Lucknow

Nandita Narain, Associate Professor, Dept of Maths, St. Stephen’s College.

Naresh Saxena , Lucknow

Navaid Hamid, Secretary Peoples’ Integration Council

Noorjehan Safia Niaz-BMMA, Mumbai

Pankti Jog, RTI activist, Ahmedabad

Persis Ginwalla, social activist, Ahmedabad

Pralayan Shanmuga Sundaram – theatre actor, director, Chennai

Prof Rooprekha Verma, Saajhi Duniya, Lucknow

Prof. Mohini Manglik, Lucknow

Prof. Ram Puniyani, writer, activist, Mumbai

Rajnibhai Dave, Editor Bhoomiputra and senior activist, Ahmedabad

Rahul Govind, Academic, Delhi

Raju Deepti, senior activist, Ahmedabad

Rakesh, Lucknow

Sagar Rabari, senior activist, Ahmedabad

Sahir Raza, cinematographer, Mumbai

Sanghamitra Misra, Academic, Delhi

Seema Mustafa, journalist

Shabnam Hashmi, activist

Sohail Hashmi, film maker

Sukumar Muralidharan, journalist

Suman Bhattacharyaya, media professional, Kolkata

Tanveer Nasreen, Associate Professor History, Kolkata

Tanvi Soni, activist, Gujarat

Tanweer Fazal, Academic, Delhi

Tarique Anwar , journalist, Delhi

Vijay Bharatiya,

Vivan Sundaram, artist, Delhi

Zakia Soman-BMMA