Were he to be elected prime minister, it would bode ill for India's future as a country that cherishes the ideals of inclusion and protection for all its peoples and communities.
• Anish Kapoor, artist
• Homi K Bhabha, professor of the humanities, Harvard University
• Salman Rushdie, novelist
• Deepa Mehta, film director
• Dayanita Singh, artist
• Vivan Sundaram, artist
• Dame Helena Kennedy, barrister
• Imran Khan, solicitor
• Mike Wood, British Member of Parliament
• John McDonnell, British Member of Parliament
• Fiona Mactaggart, British Member of Parliament
• Jacqueline Bhabha, director of research, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University
• Kumar Shahani, film director
• Geeta Kapur, art historian
• Pragna Patel, director of the Southall Black Sisters
• Sashi Kumar, film producer
• Jayati Ghosh, economist
• Prabhat Patnaik, economist
• MK Raina, actor/film director
• Ram Rahman, artist
• Saeed Mirza, screenwriter
• Anuradha Kapur, National School of Drama in Delhi
• Kumkum Sangari, professor of English and the humanities, University of Wisconsin
• Gautam Appa, emeritus professor, London School of Economics
• Chetan Bhatt, professor of sociology, London School of Economics
• Suresh Grover, director, Southall Monitoring Group
