Azadi Bachao Andolan- March for Peace and Non Violence in India

Azadi Bachao Andolan
Swaraj Vidyapeeth Campus
21 B, Moti Lal Nehru Road,
Allahabad-211002
Ph : 09235406243, 0532-2466798
e-mail : azadi.bachao.andolan@gmail.com

Dear friend,
The country is in the midst of a civil war. In the estern part, West Bangal, Odisha, Jharkhand and especially in Chhattisgarh, violence, both by Mioists and by the state, has erupted resulting in heavy loss of life of poor people, especially adivasis.
People, who believe in peace and non-violence, are facing the question : what can be done right now? (At the present moment, we are not discussing the causes like exploitative, iniquitous model of development etc. which have led the country to the present crisis). Out of the meeting with Gandhians like Amarnath Bhai at Sevagram on April 9 and jurists like Justice PV Savant, scientists like Prof Yash Pal, Dr. P.M. Bhargava, Dr. Vandana Shiva, social activists like Swami Agnivesh during Independent People’s Tribunal in Delhi on April 10 and 11 and the senior journalist Kuldip Nayar, an idea has emerged: 50 persons, who are known in the country for their integrity and who believe in peace and non-violence, should take out a peace march in Chhattisgarh as early as possible.
This march will start from Raipur and go up to Dantewada. Peace marchers will assemble in Raipur on May 5 before noon. Other details of the March will be finalized on April 25 at a meeting of activists of various people’s movements and organizations to be held at Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad. These 50 peace marchers will be joined by others also.
The following is the tentative list of these 50 peace marchers.
Prof. Yash Pal
Dr. P.M. Bhargava
Justice P.V. Savant
Justice Suresh
Justice Chandra Shekhar Dharmadhikari
Justice Rajender Sachchar
Kuldip Nayar
Girish Karnad
Anant Murty
Shabana Azami
Mahesh Bhatt
Ramaswami Aiyar
Javed Akhtar (MP)
Narayan Desai
Prof. Jagmohan Singh
Radha Bhatt
Prof. Ram Dayal Munda
Aruna Roy
Dr. Baba Adhav
Bhai Vaidya
Gopinathan ji
Thomas Kochery
Dr. Karunakaran
Prof. Ananda Krishnan
Lavanam
Shankaran
Dr. Jai Prakash Narayan
Devanoor Mahadev
Purushottam Kaushik
Janaklal Thakur
Prof. Anil Sadgopal
Editor Harivansh
Vasantha Kannaviran
Dr. Giriraj Kishore
Arvind Kejariwal
Justice Ravi Dhawan
Gulzar
Sahid Siddiqui
Sholy Sorabji
Justice Venkatachallaih
H. K. Dua (MP)
Kumar Prashant
Dr. Sugan Baranth
Lingraj
Medha Patkar
Prafulla Samantrai
Dr. Mohini Giri
Ravi Varma Kumar
Dr. Vandana Shiva
Prashant Bhushan
Dr. Binayak Sen
Ms. Chandana Chakravarti
Other names may be suggested and added.
Please send your consent, views and suggestions to Banwari Lal Sharma (Ph: 0532-2466798, 09235406243) or to Kuldip Nayar (Ph: 09818309444) or to Amarnath Bhai (Ph: 09389995502) or to Madhuresh (Ph: 09818905316)

Regards
Banwari Lal Sharma