An appeal from peoples' movements to all Members of Parliament, to ensure that Parliament is allowed to function

Dear Members of Parliament,

We are extremely concerned about the continuous disruption of Parliament, resulting in an unprecedented loss of time and the consequent danger of a large number of very critical bills lapsing. The fact that Parliament has not been able to transact much business has had an adverse impact on a number of issues which in turn affects all citizens of India, especially the poor and the marginalised.

While we appreciate that disrupting parliamentary proceedings is a legitimate form of dissent, yet the prevailing level of disruption inevitably promotes, among the people, disenchantment and frustration with democratic processes and institutions. The consequent erosion of respect for democratic institutions concerns us immensely as it does not bode well for the future of India.

We, therefore, appeal to our representatives in the Parliament to ensure that there is no further disruption of the proceedings of Parliament and that the important pending bills are immediately and conclusively debated.

We especially appeal to our elected representatives from Andhra Pradesh that while we understand and appreciate the importance of their issues, these issues could be raised in a manner that does not deprive millions of Indian’s the justice and relief that Parliament alone can deliver to them.

Signatories-

S. No. Name Organisation1 Aruna Roy NCPRI2 Anjali Bhardwaj NCPRI3 Nikhil Dey NCPRI4 Shekhar Singh Eminent RTI Activist5 Harsh Mander CES6 Nandini Sundar Professor, Delhi School of Economics7 Jean Dreze Professor, Allahabad University8 Jayati Ghosh Prof. Economics, JNU9 Admiral Ramdas Eminent peace activist

10 Kavita Srivastava PUCL, Rajasthan11 Paul Divakar NCDHR12 Javed Abidi DRG13 Harsh Dhobal HRLN14 V. Suresh PUCL15 Praful Bidwai Independent writer and journalist

16 Bela Bhatia TISS, Mumbai17 Ramesh Asher Film maker18 Binayak Sen PUCL19 Sandeep Pandey Asha 20 Madhuri JADS21 Lalita Ramdas Eminent activist22 Arun Gupta BPNI23 Radha Holla BPNI24 Gautam Mody NTUI

25Fr. Jothi Right to Food and Work Campaign, W.

Bengal26 Sejal Dand Anna Adhikar Suraksha Abhiyan, Gujarat27 Neeta Hardikar Anandi, Gujarat28 Dipa Sinha Economist, Delhi29 Biraj Patnaik CES, Delhi30 Shanker Singh MKSS, Rajasthan31 Ashok Khandelwal Economist, Jaipur32 Harsh Kapoor SACW33 Dr. Abey George TISS Kerala Centre/ NCPRI34 Kathyayini Chamaraj CIVIC Bangalore/NCPRI35 Amrita Johri NCPRI36 Rakesh Reddy Dubbudu NCPRI37 Pankti MAGP Gujarat38 Aheli CHowdhary NCPRI39 Kuldip Nangal NCPRI40 Venkatesh Nayak CHRI/NCPRI41 Raja Bunch NCPRI42 Shaikh Ghulam NCPRI43 Bhaskar Prabhu NCPRI44 Swati Surendranagar NCPRI45 Pradip Pradhan NCPRI46 Vipul Mudgal CSDS47 Rolly Shivhare NCPRI48 Pardeep Kumar NCPRI49 Ravi charuvedi Urmool seemant samity, Bajju50 Gulesh kumar Urmool seemant samity, Bajju51 yasheen khan Urmool seemant samity, Bajju52 Ashok sharma urmool trust Bikaner 53 Dera ram urmool trust Bikaner54 Perra ram urmool setu sanstha, Loonkaransar55 Prena ram urmool setu sanstha, Loonkaransar56 Gera ram urmool setu sanstha, Loonkaransar57 Ravat ram Urmool joyti sanstha, Nokha58 Madho ram Urmool joyti sanstha ,Nokha

59 Mangi lal Urmool joyti sanstha ,Nokha60 Bajranas lal Urmool khejdi, Jhadeli, Nagaur61 Lakh ram Urmool khejdi, Jhadeli, Nagaur62 Sita ram Sakhi jagriti samiti Phagi63 Lalita Sakhi jagriti samiti Phagi64 Sunita Sakhi jagriti samiti Phagi65 Ashuki Sakhi jagriti samiti Phagi66 Asha Sakhi jagriti samiti Phagi67 Kamaluddin Sakhi jagriti samiti Phagi68 Poora ram ajeevika Bureau 69 Shanti lal ajeevika Bureau70 Madhu singh rathore Vikalap sanstha Jodhpur71 Digvijay singh Vikalap sanstha Jodhpur72 Shyam purohit Astha udiyapur73 Badki by Astha udiyapur74 David kharari Astha udiyapur75 Khnaya lal Astha udiyapur76 Shyam lal Astha udiyapur

77Banshi lal Advasi majdoor kisan sanghthan,

Khewada, Udaipur

78Hari prakash Advasi majdoor kisan sanghthan,

Khewada, Udaipur79 Bhanwar Singh Astha Udaipur80 Suresh meghwanshi MKSS81 Prabhulal MKSS82 Shyam lal MKSS83 Gopal MKSS84 Velu bhati MKSS85 Bharat sharma MKSS bewar86 Sukha Vikalp Udaipur87 Ameen Bishnoi Mazdoor shakti sanghtan Hanumangarh88 Kalwant Mazdoor shakti sanghtan Hanumangarh89 Babu singh Mazdoor shakti sanghtan Hanumangarh90 Banwari lal Mazdoor shakti sanghtan Hanumangarh91 Meena samariya Rajsaman mahila manch92 Mahendra singh khetani Aajeevika Bureau93 Bhalker singh Aajeevika Bureau94 Mohan gemai Aajeevika Bureau95 Chandrakanta Jan chetna sansthan Abu road96 Gomi by Jan chetna sansthan Abu road97 Sita by Jan chetna sansthan Abu road98 Geeta Jan chetna sansthan Abu road99 Anil meena Ajeevika Bureau

100 Krishna baldev singh Mahila Manch Rajsamand

101 Sardha Mahila Manch Rajsamand102 Bhawar Mahila Manch Rajsamand103 Geeta Mahila Manch Rajsamand104 Sushila Mahila Manch Rajsamand105 Sakina Ekal nari Sangathan106 Atikaya Ekal nari Sangathan107 Agami Ekal nari Sangathan108 Lakshmi joria CASA Banswara109 Prem lata CASA Banswara110 Arnish katara CASA Banswara111 Sardar singh CASA Banswara112 Hakar Bhai Casa Banswara113 Sambhu bhai CASA Banswara114 Shukhlal CASA Banswara115 Kalsingh bhai CASA Banswara116 Balu bhai CASA Banswara117 Prema bhai CASA Banswara118 Jashodha Ekal nari shaki sanghthan119 Sita kawar Ekal nari shaki sanghthan120 Lakshmi bai Ekal nari shaki sanghthan121 Jaswant kawar Ekal nari shaki sanghthan122 Daya kawar Ekal nari shaki sanghthan123 Suresh bhai CASA Banswara124 Lal singh CASA Banswara125 Babu lal jee CASA Banswara126 Jairam singh PUCL Dabala127 Prem lata Mahila manch Rajsamand128 Lehri bai Mahila manch Rajsamand129 Ramlalan singh Mahila manch Rajsamand

130Hanuman meghbanshi Mahila evam Pariyavaran vikash

sansthan, Dudu Jaipur

131Bhawar lal bagariya Mahila evam Pariyavaran vikash

sansthan, Dudu Jaipur132 Mahaveer Singh Dalit Adhikar manch Pali133 Virmar ram Gondawana adavasi sangathan Pali134 Kani by Gondawana adavasi sangathan Pali135 Deepa rawal nath MKSS136 Bhawar singh chandana Astha Udaipur137 Anuskha PUCL138 Richa JAnchetna 139 Lal Singh School For Democracy, Bhim140 Narayan singh MKSS141 Ranjeet singh MKSS142 Meera MKSS

143 Chunni by MKSS144 Kamala MKSS145 Mukesh gosawami MKSS146 Amit sharma MKSS147 jothi SJ Udayani SAF.KOLKATA148 Bidyut Mohanty Right to Food149 Aditya Shrivastava Right to Food150 Arundhati Dhuru Right to Food151 Ramanjaneyulu GV Centre for Sustainable Agriculture152 Mukta Srivastava Right to Food153 Devika Singh Right to Food154 Neeta Hardikar Anandi155 Guliben Nayak Devgadh Mahila Sangathan156 Rukhiben Pagi Panam Mahila Sangathan

157 Fuliben NayakRatanmahal Adivasi Mahila Sajeev Khet Mandal