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Solidarity Statement Against IT Searches
Solidarity Statement Against IT Searches
Because, in the not too distant future, when they come, they will come for us,
each one of us. Not just for civil society. Or civil servants. Or any other group.
They will come because they don't make any distinction between a government
and the nation it is meant to serve. They will come for anyone who does make
that distinction.
They will come because they fear that each of us, citizens of this great nation,
will awaken and point out that distinction. And that we will do it as us, all of us,
not just as civil society or civil servants or any other group.
That is why this statement is in solidarity with ALL of us. Even though the
income tax raids are currently directed at only a few of us — those few who are
working, despite daunting challenges, to keep not just the government, but also
all of us awake and aware of our rights in a constitutional democracy.
They — the ones on whom the raids are currently being conducted — are not
against the government. They are FOR the nation. Just as we are. All of us. And
the more we remind ourselves and our government of this, the more they will
remember that they are here not for themselves, but for us. For all of us.
That is why, in light of the alarming, unfounded Income Tax raids across the
country over last week, this statement is in solidarity with us. All of us.
Signatories:
S.No. Name City Profession Institution
1 A G K Menon New Delhi Retired architect
2 A R Vasavi Bengaluru Professor
3 A.Suneetha Hyderabad
4 Aagnay Budhraja Delhi Self employed
5 Aakar Patel Bangalore
6 Aashika Ravi Bangalore Student University of Angers
7 Aayushi Maira Mumbai
8 Abdul Mabood New Delhi Director SNEHI
9 Abha Choudhuri Pune Octogenarian Indian Army
Public Health
10 Abha Rao Bengaluru
Scientist
11 Abhijit Sen Gupta Hyderabad Retired
Retired Software
12 Abhik Ray Mumbai Oracle
Engineer
13 Abhilash Warrier Chennai
14 Abhiram S Vinod Mumbai PG Student Tata Institute of Social Science