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Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.
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As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI&#039;s mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.
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But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi&#039;s rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &amp;lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her&#039;. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &amp;quot;fit case&amp;quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP&#039;s deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &amp;lsquo;suspicious&#039; and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.
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We condemn Ms. Lekhi&#039;s insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.
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1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi
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2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi
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3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi
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4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi
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5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi
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6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi
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7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi
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8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi
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9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,
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10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi
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11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore
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12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore
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13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist
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14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi
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15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai
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16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai
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17. Amrita Shodhan UK
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18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK
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19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala
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20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala
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21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati
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22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar
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23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai
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24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV
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25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London
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26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi
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27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi
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28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi
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29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat
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30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.
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31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai
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32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi
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33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi
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34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)
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36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi
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37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.
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38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi
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39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu
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40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai
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41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur
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42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan
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43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi
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44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur
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45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal
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46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi
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47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan
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48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan
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49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan
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50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur
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51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata
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52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU
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53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata
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54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi
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55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.
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56. Tanuja Dh,
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57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist
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58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi
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59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi
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60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi
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61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia
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62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi
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63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp;amp; writer, Mumbai
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64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun
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65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco
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66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi
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67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA
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68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi
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69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore
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70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore
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71. Arpita Das, Delhi
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72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai
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73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore
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74. Aprajita Krishna
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75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi
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76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab
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77. Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, writer and academic, Delhi
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78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar
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79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai
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80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi
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81. Rupa Gulab, Writer, Gurgaon
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82. Poornima Joshi, writer, Delhi
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83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi
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84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics
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85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai
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86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC
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87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi
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88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow
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89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.
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90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata
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91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal.
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92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai
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93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore
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94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai
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95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi
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96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi
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97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi
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98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi
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99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi
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100. Shehla Rashid, Policy Analyst, Delhi
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101. Nabanipa Bhatacharya, academic, Delhi
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102. Suraiya Patel, Entrepreneur, Mumbai
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103. Virginia Saldanha, Activist, Mumbai
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104. Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Delhi
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105. Rukmini Rao, Secunderabad
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106. Aashima Sharma, Student New Delhi
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107. Abha Bhaiya, Delhi
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108. Chinmayee Subhash
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109. Vasanth Kannabiran
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110. Suneeta Achutya
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111. Anita Dixit, academic, Kolkata
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112. Sona Mitra, Economist, Delhi
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113. Shefali Sewak, Lawyer, Delhi
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114. Neha Kohli, Researcher, Delhi
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115. Namrata Ganneri, academic, Delhi
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116. Bharati Jagannathan, academic, Delhi
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117. Meera Ahmad, Academic, Delhi
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Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-Kafila.org&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI&#039;s mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi&#039;s rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &amp;lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her&#039;. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &amp;quot;fit case&amp;quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP&#039;s deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &amp;lsquo;suspicious&#039; and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;We condemn Ms. Lekhi&#039;s insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;17. Amrita Shodhan UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;56. Tanuja Dh,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp;amp; writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;71. Arpita Das, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;74. Aprajita Krishna&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;77. Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, writer and academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;81. Rupa Gulab, Writer, Gurgaon&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;82. Poornima Joshi, writer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;100. Shehla Rashid, Policy Analyst, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;101. Nabanipa Bhatacharya, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;102. Suraiya Patel, Entrepreneur, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;103. Virginia Saldanha, Activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;104. Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;105. Rukmini Rao, Secunderabad&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;106. Aashima Sharma, Student New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;107. Abha Bhaiya, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;108. Chinmayee Subhash&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;109. Vasanth Kannabiran&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;110. Suneeta Achutya&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;111. Anita Dixit, academic, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;112. Sona Mitra, Economist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;113. Shefali Sewak, Lawyer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;114. Neha Kohli, Researcher, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;115. Namrata Ganneri, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;116. Bharati Jagannathan, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;117. Meera Ahmad, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
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	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Women condemn Meenakshi Lekhi’s sexist slandering of Ishrat Jahan&#039;,
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Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.
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As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI&#039;s mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.
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But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi&#039;s rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &amp;lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her&#039;. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &amp;quot;fit case&amp;quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP&#039;s deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &amp;lsquo;suspicious&#039; and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.
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We condemn Ms. Lekhi&#039;s insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.
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1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi
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2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi
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3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi
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4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi
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5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi
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6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi
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7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi
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8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,
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10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi
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11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore
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12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
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13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist
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14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi
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15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai
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16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai
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17. Amrita Shodhan UK
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18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK
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19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala
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20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala
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21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati
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22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi
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27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi
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28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi
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29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat
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30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.
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31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai
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32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi
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33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi
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34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)
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36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi
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37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.
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38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi
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39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur
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42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi
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44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur
&lt;/p&gt;
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45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal
&lt;/p&gt;
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46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi
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47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan
&lt;/p&gt;
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48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan
&lt;/p&gt;
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49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan
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50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur
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51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata
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52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU
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53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata
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54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi
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55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
56. Tanuja Dh,
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57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp;amp; writer, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
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64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA
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68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
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69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
71. Arpita Das, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
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72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai
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73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore
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74. Aprajita Krishna
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75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi
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76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab
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79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai
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80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi
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83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi
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84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics
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85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai
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86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC
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87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi
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88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow
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89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.
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90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata
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91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal.
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92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai
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93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore
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94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai
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95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi
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96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi
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97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi
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98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi
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99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi
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100. Shehla Rashid, Policy Analyst, Delhi
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101. Nabanipa Bhatacharya, academic, Delhi
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102. Suraiya Patel, Entrepreneur, Mumbai
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103. Virginia Saldanha, Activist, Mumbai
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104. Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Delhi
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105. Rukmini Rao, Secunderabad
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106. Aashima Sharma, Student New Delhi
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107. Abha Bhaiya, Delhi
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108. Chinmayee Subhash
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109. Vasanth Kannabiran
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110. Suneeta Achutya
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111. Anita Dixit, academic, Kolkata
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112. Sona Mitra, Economist, Delhi
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113. Shefali Sewak, Lawyer, Delhi
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114. Neha Kohli, Researcher, Delhi
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115. Namrata Ganneri, academic, Delhi
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116. Bharati Jagannathan, academic, Delhi
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117. Meera Ahmad, Academic, Delhi
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Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-Kafila.org&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI&#039;s mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi&#039;s rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &amp;lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her&#039;. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &amp;quot;fit case&amp;quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP&#039;s deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &amp;lsquo;suspicious&#039; and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;We condemn Ms. Lekhi&#039;s insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;17. Amrita Shodhan UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;56. Tanuja Dh,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp;amp; writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;71. Arpita Das, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;74. Aprajita Krishna&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;77. Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, writer and academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;81. Rupa Gulab, Writer, Gurgaon&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;82. Poornima Joshi, writer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;100. Shehla Rashid, Policy Analyst, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;101. Nabanipa Bhatacharya, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;102. Suraiya Patel, Entrepreneur, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;103. Virginia Saldanha, Activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;104. Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;105. Rukmini Rao, Secunderabad&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;106. Aashima Sharma, Student New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;107. Abha Bhaiya, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;108. Chinmayee Subhash&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;109. Vasanth Kannabiran&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;110. Suneeta Achutya&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;111. Anita Dixit, academic, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;112. Sona Mitra, Economist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;113. Shefali Sewak, Lawyer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;114. Neha Kohli, Researcher, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;115. Namrata Ganneri, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;116. Bharati Jagannathan, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;117. Meera Ahmad, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&#039;
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                <div align="justify">-Kafila.org</div><p align="justify"><br />Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.</p><p align="justify">As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI's mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.</p><p align="justify">But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi's rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her'. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &quot;fit case&quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP's deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &lsquo;suspicious' and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.</p><p align="justify">We condemn Ms. Lekhi's insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.</p><p align="justify">1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,</p><p align="justify">10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi</p><p align="justify">11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist</p><p align="justify">14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai</p><p align="justify">16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">17. Amrita Shodhan UK</p><p align="justify">18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK</p><p align="justify">19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala</p><p align="justify">20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala</p><p align="justify">21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati</p><p align="justify">22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar</p><p align="justify">23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV</p><p align="justify">25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London</p><p align="justify">26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi</p><p align="justify">27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat</p><p align="justify">30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.</p><p align="justify">31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany</p><p align="justify">35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)</p><p align="justify">36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.</p><p align="justify">38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi</p><p align="justify">39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu</p><p align="justify">40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur</p><p align="justify">42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan</p><p align="justify">43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi</p><p align="justify">44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur</p><p align="justify">45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal</p><p align="justify">46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan</p><p align="justify">48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan</p><p align="justify">49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan</p><p align="justify">50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur</p><p align="justify">51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata</p><p align="justify">52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU</p><p align="justify">53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata</p><p align="justify">54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.</p><p align="justify">56. Tanuja Dh,</p><p align="justify">57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist</p><p align="justify">58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia</p><p align="justify">62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp; writer, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun</p><p align="justify">65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco</p><p align="justify">66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA</p><p align="justify">68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi</p><p align="justify">69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">71. Arpita Das, Delhi</p><p align="justify">72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">74. Aprajita Krishna</p><p align="justify">75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab</p><p align="justify">77. Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, writer and academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar</p><p align="justify">79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">81. Rupa Gulab, Writer, Gurgaon</p><p align="justify">82. Poornima Joshi, writer, Delhi</p><p align="justify">83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics</p><p align="justify">85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC</p><p align="justify">87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow</p><p align="justify">89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.</p><p align="justify">90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata</p><p align="justify">91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal.</p><p align="justify">92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">100. Shehla Rashid, Policy Analyst, Delhi</p><p align="justify">101. Nabanipa Bhatacharya, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">102. Suraiya Patel, Entrepreneur, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">103. Virginia Saldanha, Activist, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">104. Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Delhi</p><p align="justify">105. 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Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.
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As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI&#039;s mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.
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But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi&#039;s rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &amp;lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her&#039;. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &amp;quot;fit case&amp;quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP&#039;s deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &amp;lsquo;suspicious&#039; and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.
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We condemn Ms. Lekhi&#039;s insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.
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1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi
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2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi
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3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi
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4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi
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5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi
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6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi
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7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi
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8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi
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9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,
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10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi
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11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore
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12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore
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13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist
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14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi
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15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai
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16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai
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17. Amrita Shodhan UK
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18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK
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19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala
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20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala
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21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati
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22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar
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23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai
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24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV
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25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London
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26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi
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27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi
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28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi
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29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat
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30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.
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31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai
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32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi
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33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi
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34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)
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36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi
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37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.
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38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi
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39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu
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40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai
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41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur
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42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan
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43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi
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44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur
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45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal
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46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi
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47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan
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48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan
&lt;/p&gt;
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49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan
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50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
56. Tanuja Dh,
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp;amp; writer, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
71. Arpita Das, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
74. Aprajita Krishna
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
77. Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, writer and academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
81. Rupa Gulab, Writer, Gurgaon
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
82. Poornima Joshi, writer, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
100. Shehla Rashid, Policy Analyst, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
101. Nabanipa Bhatacharya, academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
102. Suraiya Patel, Entrepreneur, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
103. Virginia Saldanha, Activist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
104. Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
105. Rukmini Rao, Secunderabad
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
106. Aashima Sharma, Student New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
107. Abha Bhaiya, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
108. Chinmayee Subhash
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
109. Vasanth Kannabiran
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
110. Suneeta Achutya
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
111. Anita Dixit, academic, Kolkata
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
112. Sona Mitra, Economist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
113. Shefali Sewak, Lawyer, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
114. Neha Kohli, Researcher, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
115. Namrata Ganneri, academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
116. Bharati Jagannathan, academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
117. Meera Ahmad, Academic, Delhi
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Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-Kafila.org&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI&#039;s mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi&#039;s rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &amp;lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her&#039;. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &amp;quot;fit case&amp;quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP&#039;s deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &amp;lsquo;suspicious&#039; and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;We condemn Ms. Lekhi&#039;s insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;17. Amrita Shodhan UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;56. Tanuja Dh,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp;amp; writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;71. Arpita Das, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;74. Aprajita Krishna&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;77. Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, writer and academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;81. Rupa Gulab, Writer, Gurgaon&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;82. Poornima Joshi, writer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;100. Shehla Rashid, Policy Analyst, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;101. Nabanipa Bhatacharya, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;102. Suraiya Patel, Entrepreneur, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;103. Virginia Saldanha, Activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;104. Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;105. Rukmini Rao, Secunderabad&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;106. Aashima Sharma, Student New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;107. Abha Bhaiya, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;108. Chinmayee Subhash&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;109. Vasanth Kannabiran&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;110. Suneeta Achutya&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;111. Anita Dixit, academic, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;112. Sona Mitra, Economist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;113. Shefali Sewak, Lawyer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;114. Neha Kohli, Researcher, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;115. Namrata Ganneri, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;116. Bharati Jagannathan, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;117. Meera Ahmad, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&#039;,
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Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.
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As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI&#039;s mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.
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But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi&#039;s rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &amp;lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her&#039;. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &amp;quot;fit case&amp;quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP&#039;s deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &amp;lsquo;suspicious&#039; and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.
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We condemn Ms. Lekhi&#039;s insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.
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1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi
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2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi
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3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
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4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
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5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
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7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
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16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
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17. Amrita Shodhan UK
&lt;/p&gt;
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18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK
&lt;/p&gt;
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19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala
&lt;/p&gt;
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20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala
&lt;/p&gt;
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21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat
&lt;/p&gt;
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30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)
&lt;/p&gt;
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36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur
&lt;/p&gt;
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42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
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44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur
&lt;/p&gt;
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45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur
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51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata
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52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU
&lt;/p&gt;
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53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata
&lt;/p&gt;
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54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
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55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.
&lt;/p&gt;
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56. Tanuja Dh,
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57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist
&lt;/p&gt;
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58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
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60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
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61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp;amp; writer, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
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64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
71. Arpita Das, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
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73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
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74. Aprajita Krishna
&lt;/p&gt;
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75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab
&lt;/p&gt;
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77. Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, writer and academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
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78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar
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79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
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80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
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81. Rupa Gulab, Writer, Gurgaon
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82. Poornima Joshi, writer, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
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83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC
&lt;/p&gt;
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87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
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88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow
&lt;/p&gt;
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89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.
&lt;/p&gt;
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90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal.
&lt;/p&gt;
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92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
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93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
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95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
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97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
100. Shehla Rashid, Policy Analyst, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
101. Nabanipa Bhatacharya, academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
102. Suraiya Patel, Entrepreneur, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
103. Virginia Saldanha, Activist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
104. Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
105. Rukmini Rao, Secunderabad
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
106. Aashima Sharma, Student New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
107. Abha Bhaiya, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
108. Chinmayee Subhash
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109. Vasanth Kannabiran
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110. Suneeta Achutya
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
111. Anita Dixit, academic, Kolkata
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
112. Sona Mitra, Economist, Delhi
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113. Shefali Sewak, Lawyer, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
114. Neha Kohli, Researcher, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
115. Namrata Ganneri, academic, Delhi
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
116. Bharati Jagannathan, academic, Delhi
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
117. Meera Ahmad, Academic, Delhi
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There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI&#039;s mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi&#039;s rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &amp;lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her&#039;. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &amp;quot;fit case&amp;quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP&#039;s deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &amp;lsquo;suspicious&#039; and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;We condemn Ms. Lekhi&#039;s insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;17. Amrita Shodhan UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;56. Tanuja Dh,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp;amp; writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;71. Arpita Das, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;74. Aprajita Krishna&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;77. Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, writer and academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;81. Rupa Gulab, Writer, Gurgaon&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;82. Poornima Joshi, writer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;100. Shehla Rashid, Policy Analyst, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;101. Nabanipa Bhatacharya, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;102. Suraiya Patel, Entrepreneur, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;103. Virginia Saldanha, Activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;104. Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;105. Rukmini Rao, Secunderabad&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;106. Aashima Sharma, Student New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;107. Abha Bhaiya, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;108. Chinmayee Subhash&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;109. Vasanth Kannabiran&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;110. Suneeta Achutya&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;111. Anita Dixit, academic, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;112. Sona Mitra, Economist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;113. Shefali Sewak, Lawyer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;114. Neha Kohli, Researcher, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;115. Namrata Ganneri, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;116. Bharati Jagannathan, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;117. Meera Ahmad, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&#039;
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                <div align="justify">-Kafila.org</div><p align="justify"><br />Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.</p><p align="justify">As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI's mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.</p><p align="justify">But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi's rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her'. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &quot;fit case&quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP's deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &lsquo;suspicious' and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.</p><p align="justify">We condemn Ms. Lekhi's insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.</p><p align="justify">1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,</p><p align="justify">10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi</p><p align="justify">11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist</p><p align="justify">14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai</p><p align="justify">16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">17. Amrita Shodhan UK</p><p align="justify">18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK</p><p align="justify">19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala</p><p align="justify">20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala</p><p align="justify">21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati</p><p align="justify">22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar</p><p align="justify">23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV</p><p align="justify">25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London</p><p align="justify">26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi</p><p align="justify">27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat</p><p align="justify">30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.</p><p align="justify">31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany</p><p align="justify">35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)</p><p align="justify">36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.</p><p align="justify">38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi</p><p align="justify">39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu</p><p align="justify">40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur</p><p align="justify">42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan</p><p align="justify">43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi</p><p align="justify">44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur</p><p align="justify">45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal</p><p align="justify">46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan</p><p align="justify">48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan</p><p align="justify">49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan</p><p align="justify">50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur</p><p align="justify">51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata</p><p align="justify">52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU</p><p align="justify">53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata</p><p align="justify">54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.</p><p align="justify">56. Tanuja Dh,</p><p align="justify">57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist</p><p align="justify">58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia</p><p align="justify">62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp; writer, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun</p><p align="justify">65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco</p><p align="justify">66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA</p><p align="justify">68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi</p><p align="justify">69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">71. Arpita Das, Delhi</p><p align="justify">72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">74. Aprajita Krishna</p><p align="justify">75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab</p><p align="justify">77. Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, writer and academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar</p><p align="justify">79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">81. Rupa Gulab, Writer, Gurgaon</p><p align="justify">82. Poornima Joshi, writer, Delhi</p><p align="justify">83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics</p><p align="justify">85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC</p><p align="justify">87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow</p><p align="justify">89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.</p><p align="justify">90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata</p><p align="justify">91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal.</p><p align="justify">92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">100. Shehla Rashid, Policy Analyst, Delhi</p><p align="justify">101. Nabanipa Bhatacharya, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">102. Suraiya Patel, Entrepreneur, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">103. Virginia Saldanha, Activist, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">104. Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Delhi</p><p align="justify">105. Rukmini Rao, Secunderabad</p><p align="justify">106. Aashima Sharma, Student New Delhi</p><p align="justify">107. Abha Bhaiya, Delhi</p><p align="justify">108. Chinmayee Subhash</p><p align="justify">109. Vasanth Kannabiran</p><p align="justify">110. Suneeta Achutya</p><p align="justify">111. Anita Dixit, academic, Kolkata</p><p align="justify">112. Sona Mitra, Economist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">113. Shefali Sewak, Lawyer, Delhi</p><p align="justify">114. Neha Kohli, Researcher, Delhi</p><p align="justify">115. Namrata Ganneri, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">116. Bharati Jagannathan, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">117. Meera Ahmad, Academic, Delhi</p>               </font>
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Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.
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As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI&#039;s mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.
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But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi&#039;s rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &amp;lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her&#039;. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &amp;quot;fit case&amp;quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP&#039;s deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &amp;lsquo;suspicious&#039; and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.
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We condemn Ms. Lekhi&#039;s insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi
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2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi
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3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi
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4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi
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5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
17. Amrita Shodhan UK
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
56. Tanuja Dh,
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp;amp; writer, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
71. Arpita Das, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
74. Aprajita Krishna
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
77. Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, writer and academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
81. Rupa Gulab, Writer, Gurgaon
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
82. Poornima Joshi, writer, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
100. Shehla Rashid, Policy Analyst, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
101. Nabanipa Bhatacharya, academic, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
102. Suraiya Patel, Entrepreneur, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
103. Virginia Saldanha, Activist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
104. Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
105. Rukmini Rao, Secunderabad
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
106. Aashima Sharma, Student New Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
107. Abha Bhaiya, Delhi
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
108. Chinmayee Subhash
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
109. Vasanth Kannabiran
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
110. Suneeta Achutya
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Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-Kafila.org&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI&#039;s mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi&#039;s rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &amp;lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her&#039;. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &amp;quot;fit case&amp;quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP&#039;s deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &amp;lsquo;suspicious&#039; and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;We condemn Ms. Lekhi&#039;s insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;17. Amrita Shodhan UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;56. Tanuja Dh,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp;amp; writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;71. Arpita Das, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;74. Aprajita Krishna&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;77. Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, writer and academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;81. Rupa Gulab, Writer, Gurgaon&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;82. Poornima Joshi, writer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;100. 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Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.
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As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI&#039;s mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.
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But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi&#039;s rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &amp;lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her&#039;. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &amp;quot;fit case&amp;quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP&#039;s deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &amp;lsquo;suspicious&#039; and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.
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We condemn Ms. Lekhi&#039;s insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.
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1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi
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2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi
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3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi
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4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi
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5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi
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6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi
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7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi
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8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi
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9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,
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10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi
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11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore
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12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore
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13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist
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14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi
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15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai
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16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai
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17. Amrita Shodhan UK
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18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK
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19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala
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20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala
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21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati
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22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar
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23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London
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26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi
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27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi
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28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi
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29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat
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30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.
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31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai
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32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi
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33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi
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34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)
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36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi
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37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.
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38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi
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39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu
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40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai
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41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur
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42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan
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43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi
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44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur
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45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal
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46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi
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47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan
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48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan
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49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan
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50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur
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51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata
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52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU
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53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata
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54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi
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55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.
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56. Tanuja Dh,
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57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist
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58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi
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59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi
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60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi
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61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia
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62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi
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63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp;amp; writer, Mumbai
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64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun
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65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco
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66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi
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67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA
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68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi
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69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore
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70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore
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71. Arpita Das, Delhi
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72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai
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73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore
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74. Aprajita Krishna
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75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi
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76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab
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77. Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, writer and academic, Delhi
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78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar
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79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai
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80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi
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81. Rupa Gulab, Writer, Gurgaon
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82. Poornima Joshi, writer, Delhi
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83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi
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84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics
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85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai
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86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC
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87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi
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88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow
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89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.
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90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata
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91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal.
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92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai
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93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore
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94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai
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95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi
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96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi
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97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi
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98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi
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99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi
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100. Shehla Rashid, Policy Analyst, Delhi
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101. Nabanipa Bhatacharya, academic, Delhi
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102. Suraiya Patel, Entrepreneur, Mumbai
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103. Virginia Saldanha, Activist, Mumbai
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104. Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Delhi
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105. Rukmini Rao, Secunderabad
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106. Aashima Sharma, Student New Delhi
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107. Abha Bhaiya, Delhi
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108. Chinmayee Subhash
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109. Vasanth Kannabiran
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110. Suneeta Achutya
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111. Anita Dixit, academic, Kolkata
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112. Sona Mitra, Economist, Delhi
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113. Shefali Sewak, Lawyer, Delhi
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114. Neha Kohli, Researcher, Delhi
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115. Namrata Ganneri, academic, Delhi
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116. Bharati Jagannathan, academic, Delhi
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117. Meera Ahmad, Academic, Delhi
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Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-Kafila.org&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI&#039;s mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi&#039;s rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &amp;lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her&#039;. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &amp;quot;fit case&amp;quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP&#039;s deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &amp;lsquo;suspicious&#039; and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;We condemn Ms. Lekhi&#039;s insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;17. Amrita Shodhan UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;56. Tanuja Dh,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp;amp; writer, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;71. Arpita Das, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;74. Aprajita Krishna&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;77. Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, writer and academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;81. Rupa Gulab, Writer, Gurgaon&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;82. Poornima Joshi, writer, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;100. 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                <div align="justify">-Kafila.org</div><p align="justify"><br />Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.</p><p align="justify">As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI's mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.</p><p align="justify">But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi's rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her'. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &quot;fit case&quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP's deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &lsquo;suspicious' and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.</p><p align="justify">We condemn Ms. Lekhi's insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.</p><p align="justify">1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,</p><p align="justify">10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi</p><p align="justify">11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist</p><p align="justify">14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai</p><p align="justify">16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">17. Amrita Shodhan UK</p><p align="justify">18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK</p><p align="justify">19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala</p><p align="justify">20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala</p><p align="justify">21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati</p><p align="justify">22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar</p><p align="justify">23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV</p><p align="justify">25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London</p><p align="justify">26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi</p><p align="justify">27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat</p><p align="justify">30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.</p><p align="justify">31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany</p><p align="justify">35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)</p><p align="justify">36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.</p><p align="justify">38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi</p><p align="justify">39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu</p><p align="justify">40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur</p><p align="justify">42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan</p><p align="justify">43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi</p><p align="justify">44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur</p><p align="justify">45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal</p><p align="justify">46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan</p><p align="justify">48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan</p><p align="justify">49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan</p><p align="justify">50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur</p><p align="justify">51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata</p><p align="justify">52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU</p><p align="justify">53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata</p><p align="justify">54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.</p><p align="justify">56. Tanuja Dh,</p><p align="justify">57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist</p><p align="justify">58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia</p><p align="justify">62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp; writer, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun</p><p align="justify">65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco</p><p align="justify">66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA</p><p align="justify">68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi</p><p align="justify">69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">71. Arpita Das, Delhi</p><p align="justify">72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">74. Aprajita Krishna</p><p align="justify">75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab</p><p align="justify">77. Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, writer and academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar</p><p align="justify">79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">81. Rupa Gulab, Writer, Gurgaon</p><p align="justify">82. Poornima Joshi, writer, Delhi</p><p align="justify">83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics</p><p align="justify">85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC</p><p align="justify">87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow</p><p align="justify">89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.</p><p align="justify">90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata</p><p align="justify">91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal.</p><p align="justify">92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore</p><p align="justify">94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi</p><p align="justify">100. Shehla Rashid, Policy Analyst, Delhi</p><p align="justify">101. Nabanipa Bhatacharya, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">102. Suraiya Patel, Entrepreneur, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">103. Virginia Saldanha, Activist, Mumbai</p><p align="justify">104. Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Delhi</p><p align="justify">105. Rukmini Rao, Secunderabad</p><p align="justify">106. Aashima Sharma, Student New Delhi</p><p align="justify">107. Abha Bhaiya, Delhi</p><p align="justify">108. Chinmayee Subhash</p><p align="justify">109. Vasanth Kannabiran</p><p align="justify">110. Suneeta Achutya</p><p align="justify">111. Anita Dixit, academic, Kolkata</p><p align="justify">112. Sona Mitra, Economist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">113. Shefali Sewak, Lawyer, Delhi</p><p align="justify">114. Neha Kohli, Researcher, Delhi</p><p align="justify">115. Namrata Ganneri, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">116. Bharati Jagannathan, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">117. Meera Ahmad, Academic, Delhi</p>               </font>
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Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.
</p>
<p align="justify">
As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI's mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.
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But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi's rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her'. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &quot;fit case&quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP's deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &lsquo;suspicious' and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.
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We condemn Ms. Lekhi's insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.
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1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi
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2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi
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3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi
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4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi
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5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi
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6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi
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7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi
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8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi
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9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,
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10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi
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11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore
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12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore
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13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist
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14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi
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15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai
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16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai
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17. Amrita Shodhan UK
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18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK
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19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala
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22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar
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23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai
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24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV
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25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London
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26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi
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27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi
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28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi
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29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat
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30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.
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31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai
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32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi
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33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi
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34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)
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36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi
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37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.
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43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi
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44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur
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45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal
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46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi
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47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan
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48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan
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49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan
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74. Aprajita Krishna
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78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar
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79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai
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88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow
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89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi.
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90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata
</p>
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Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for...',
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There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI's mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.</p><p align="justify">But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi's rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her'. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &quot;fit case&quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP's deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &lsquo;suspicious' and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.</p><p align="justify">We condemn Ms. Lekhi's insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.</p><p align="justify">1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,</p><p align="justify">10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi</p><p align="justify">11. 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-Kafila.org
</div>
<p align="justify">
<br />
Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.
</p>
<p align="justify">
As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI's mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.
</p>
<p align="justify">
But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi's rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her'. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &quot;fit case&quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP's deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &lsquo;suspicious' and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.
</p>
<p align="justify">
We condemn Ms. Lekhi's insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.
</p>
<p align="justify">
1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,
</p>
<p align="justify">
10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore
</p>
<p align="justify">
12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore
</p>
<p align="justify">
13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist
</p>
<p align="justify">
14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai
</p>
<p align="justify">
16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai
</p>
<p align="justify">
17. Amrita Shodhan UK
</p>
<p align="justify">
18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK
</p>
<p align="justify">
19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala
</p>
<p align="justify">
20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala
</p>
<p align="justify">
21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati
</p>
<p align="justify">
22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar
</p>
<p align="justify">
23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai
</p>
<p align="justify">
24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV
</p>
<p align="justify">
25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London
</p>
<p align="justify">
26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat
</p>
<p align="justify">
30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata.
</p>
<p align="justify">
31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai
</p>
<p align="justify">
32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany
</p>
<p align="justify">
35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi)
</p>
<p align="justify">
36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata.
</p>
<p align="justify">
38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu
</p>
<p align="justify">
40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai
</p>
<p align="justify">
41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur
</p>
<p align="justify">
42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan
</p>
<p align="justify">
43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur
</p>
<p align="justify">
45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal
</p>
<p align="justify">
46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan
</p>
<p align="justify">
48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan
</p>
<p align="justify">
49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan
</p>
<p align="justify">
50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur
</p>
<p align="justify">
51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata
</p>
<p align="justify">
52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU
</p>
<p align="justify">
53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata
</p>
<p align="justify">
54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar.
</p>
<p align="justify">
56. Tanuja Dh,
</p>
<p align="justify">
57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist
</p>
<p align="justify">
58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia
</p>
<p align="justify">
62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor &amp; writer, Mumbai
</p>
<p align="justify">
64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun
</p>
<p align="justify">
65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco
</p>
<p align="justify">
66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi
</p>
<p align="justify">
67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA
</p>
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68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi
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Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for...'
$disp = '<div align="justify">-Kafila.org</div><p align="justify"><br />Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action.</p><p align="justify">As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI's mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood.</p><p align="justify">But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi's rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that &lsquo;here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her'. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a &quot;fit case&quot; for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP's deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are &lsquo;suspicious' and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings.</p><p align="justify">We condemn Ms. Lekhi's insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology.</p><p align="justify">1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi</p><p align="justify">4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi</p><p align="justify">8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi</p><p align="justify">9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi,</p><p align="justify">10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi</p><p align="justify">11. 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Women condemn Meenakshi Lekhi’s sexist slandering of Ishrat Jahan

-Kafila.org Over 115 women have signed a letter seeking an apology from Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi for her sexist slandering of deceased Ishrat Jahan in a television channel. The letter has also been sent to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women for appropriate action. As the noose is tightening around the conspirators who cynically and coldly planned and executed the killing of teenaged Ishrat Jahan and three other people in 2004, there is a concerted campaign - the final, last ditch bid to save their skins - by tarnishing the image of this college student. There have been planted stories in the media linking her to a terrorist group -all of them false and concocted, even as the Gujarat High Court has clearly said that the CBI's mandate is to simply investigate whether Ishrat and others were killed in cold blood. But Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi's rantings on prime time TV touches a new low. Responding to mounting evidence of staged encounter, she asserted on Times Now TV channel that ‘here was a girl travelling with men unrelated to her'. Then she outdid herself by reiterating yesterday that since Ishrat came from a deprived background, she was a "fit case" for being a terrorist. This kind of personal slander reflects BJP's deeply sexist and patriarchal character, besides of course communal and class prejudice. That their woman spokesperson chose to do so makes it worse. Ms. Lekhi would like us to believe that all those young women who travel and work independently are ‘suspicious' and could have terrorist links, and are therefore fair game for encounter killings. We condemn Ms. Lekhi's insensitive sexist slandering of a girl who cannot defend herself, and demand an immediate apology. 1. Manisha Sethi, academic, Delhi 2. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi 3. Shabnam Hashmi, activist, Delhi 4. Saba Dewan, filmmaker, Delhi 5. Sanghamitra Misra, academic, Delhi 6. Mona Das, academic, Delhi 7. Sucharita Sengupta, academic, Delhi 8. Shohini Ghosh, academic and filmmaker, Delhi 9. Sabeena Gadihoke, academic, Delhi, 10. Seema Misra, Lawyer, Delhi 11. Pushpa, Writer, Bangalore 12. Uma V Chandru, Activist and academic, Bangalore 13. Neelanjana Mukhia, Activist 14. Rakhi Sehgal, activist, Delhi 15. Ramlath Kavil - Mumbai 16. Supriya Madangarli, writer, Mumbai 17. Amrita Shodhan UK 18. Geetanjali Gangoli- UK 19. Penkoottu, Kozhikode, Kerala 20. Prasanna P. R, Kochi, Kerala 21. Bitopi Dutta, researcher, Guwahati 22. Namrata Kilpadi Misra, Freelance editor and Gandhinagar 23. Ammu Abraham, feminist, Mumbai 24. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Senior Anchor, Rajyasabha TV 25. Khadeej Arif, Journalist, London 26. Peggy Mohan, Writer, Delhi 27. Brinda Bose, academic, Delhi 28. Anurdha Chenoy, academic, Delhi 29. Ruchi Shroff, Vadodara, Gujarat 30. Sania Mariam,student ,kolkata. 31. Rohini Hensman, writer, Mumbai 32. Malini Sood, freelance editor, New Delhi 33. Bindu Menon, Academic, Delhi 34. Dr. Ayesha Sultan, Hannover Medical School, Germany 35. Teena Gill (Film maker, New Delhi) 36. Nandini Rao, Activist, Delhi 37. Rajashri Dasgupta, Journalist. Kolkata. 38. Kriti Budhiraja, JNU Delhi 39. Anuradha Bhasin, Journalist, Jammu 40. Minnie Vaid, Writer, Mumbai 41. Mamta Jaitly, activist, Jaipur 42. Renuka Pamecha, activist, Rajasthan 43. Mary Abraham, Student, Delhi 44. Kavita Srivastava, activist, Jaipur 45. Anuradha Talwar, activist, West Bengal 46. Dipa Sinha, Economist, Delhi 47. Komal Srivastava, activist, Rajasthan 48. Dr. Meeta Singh, health activist, Rajasthan 49. Nishat Hussein, activist, Rajasthan 50. Pragnya Joshi, activist, Udaipur 51. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata 52. Sumati Pannikar, Research Fellow, JNU 53. Samreen Naaz, student, Kolkata 54. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi 55. Rizwana Akhtaree, Human Rights Defender, Bhubaneswar. 56. Tanuja Dh, 57. Meena Saraswathi Seshu, Activist 58. G. Arunima, academic, New Delhi 59. Aparna Sanyal, Film maker, New Delhi 60. Saba Hasan, Artist, New Delhi 61. Shweta Kishore, Researcher, Melbourne Australia 62. Ruchika Sharma, Academic, New Delhi 63. Irene Dhar Malik, Film Editor & writer, Mumbai 64. Shashwati Talukdar, Film maker, Dehradun 65. Monica Mody, poet and academic, San Francisco 66. Shikha Sen, Documentary Editor, New Delhi 67. Seema Duhan, Student, CA 68. Shaweta Anand, Student, Delhi 69. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore 70. Ammu Joseph, Journalist, Bangalore 71. Arpita Das, Delhi 72. Suma Josson, Activist, Mumbai 73. Sanam Roohi, PhD Candidate, NIAS/AISSR, Bangalore 74. Aprajita Krishna 75. Kavita Krishnan, activist, Delhi 76. Kirtana Kumar, Director, CARP/Little Jasmine/Theatre Lab 77. Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, writer and academic, Delhi 78. Shazia Nigar, journalist, Bhubhaneshwar 79. Taranga Sriraman, activist, Mumbai 80. Dr. Shelley Dahiya, New Delhi 81. Rupa Gulab, Writer, Gurgaon 82. Poornima Joshi, writer, Delhi 83. Amabrien Alqadr, Academic and filmmaker, Delhi 84. Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics 85. S M M Ausaja, Film Historian, Mumbai 86. Nandini Lal, writer, Washington DC 87. Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi 88. Tahira Hasan, activist, Lucknow 89. Jyotsna, Journalist, Delhi. 90. Afreen Haque, Journalist, Kolkata 91. Smita Chakraburtty, Phd Scholar, Calcutta University, Kolkata. West Bengal. 92. Divya Rajagopal, journalist, Mumbai 93. Laxmi Murthy, Journalist, Bangalore 94. Rajeshwari Saroja, Academic, Mumbai 95. Jyotsna Khatri, filmmaker, Delhi 96. Snigdha Sheel, photographer, New Delhi 97. Purwa Bharadwaj, activist, Delhi 98. Nikita Agarwal, activist, Delhi 99. Ameen, Activist, New Delhi 100. Shehla Rashid, Policy Analyst, Delhi 101. Nabanipa Bhatacharya, academic, Delhi 102. Suraiya Patel, Entrepreneur, Mumbai 103. Virginia Saldanha, Activist, Mumbai 104. Dr. V. Mohini Giri, Delhi 105. Rukmini Rao, Secunderabad 106. Aashima Sharma, Student New Delhi 107. Abha Bhaiya, Delhi 108. Chinmayee Subhash 109. Vasanth Kannabiran 110. Suneeta Achutya 111. Anita Dixit, academic, Kolkata 112. Sona Mitra, Economist, Delhi 113. Shefali Sewak, Lawyer, Delhi 114. Neha Kohli, Researcher, Delhi 115. Namrata Ganneri, academic, Delhi 116. Bharati Jagannathan, academic, Delhi 117. Meera Ahmad, Academic, Delhi