CAMPAIGN AGAINST FDI HIKE INTENSIFIES PROMINENT CITIZENS WRITE TO FM Prominent personalities from different walks of life have aired their opposition to the decision of BJP led NDA government to secure approval of the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill to hike FDI limit to 49% and privatise GIC and the four public sector general insurance companies. The legendary struggle of the AIIEA against FDI hike that began in 2004 has now entered a critical phase. It is a matter of great pride that except the hired pen pushers and vested interests representing the big business, the majority of our people have disapproved this decision. They fully agree with the AIIEA that the FDI hike will help the multinational corporations to gain greater access and control over the domestic savings and this is not in the interests of the national economy. This decision has totally exposed the double standards and political opportunism of the BJP; the “U” turn on FDI hike in insurance from vociferous opposition to open arm welcome is to appease and meet the demands of the global finance capital. It is becoming absolutely clear that the BJP led NDA is obliged to meet these demands as a payback for the unprecedented funds and support received from the big business and global finance capital during the General Elections 2014. The AIIEA which successfully halted the FDI hike for 10 years and privatization of public sector insurance for the last 20 years has decided to fight this government move resolutely. It is mobilizing the opinion of the people in favour of its struggle. The AIIEA has written to 35 national and regional recognized political parties to oppose the FDI hike in the national interests. The AIIEA has received positive response from some of these parties. As more people are mobilized, the other parties will also come forward to support this struggle. The AIIEA has also written to all the Central Trade Unions. Many of the Central Trade Unions have expressed support to our struggle. Till now, more than 2700 prominent citizens from across the country have written to the Finance Minister. They include former parliamentarians, retired judges of Supreme Court and other courts, eminent economists, freedom fighters, Jnanapeet Award Winners, leading jurists and from the field of arts, literature and social activists. In a democracy, the opinion of such wide sections of the Indian people should be heard and respected. With each passing day, this number is bound to increase. The names of some eminent persons who have demanded the finance minister to drop this ill-conceived measure are published herebelow. Such support should motivate and encourage to further step up our campaign. The AIIEA has also approached all the other unions in the industry for a One Day Protest Strike if the government succeeds in securing the approval of the Bill utilizing its brute majority. The AIIEA is very clear in its understanding that global finance capital will not rest content with 49 percent FDI. They will continue the pressure to remove all restrictions. Therefore, it is necessary to give a strong message through the One Day Strike so that the resistance of the insurance employees to such measures would continue without any let up. The aim of the private and foreign capital is finally to destroy the public sector and the BJP led NDA government is an accomplice to this conspiracy. The public sector insurance industry is built by our sweat and toil and we cannot allow the enemies to destroy these fine financial institutions. NAMES OF THE EMINENT PERSONALITIES WHO HAVE WRITTEN TO FIN MINISTER OPPOSING THE BILL S.No. NAME PARTICULARS Shri / Smt / Kum : 1 Justice P.B.SAWANT Retd Judge, Supreme Court of India, 2 Justice JANARDAN SAHAI Retd Judge, High Court of Allahabad 3 Justice CHENNA BASAPPA Retd Judge, Sessions court, Bangalore 4 KRISHNA CHANDRA RATHA Retd Dist Judge, Odisha 5 JAGANNATH PATTANAIK Former Advocate General, Govt of Odisha & former President, Bar Council of India 6 Dr.C.K.N. RAJA Legal & Constitutional Expert, Mysore 7 Dr. ROHIT SHUKLA Former Member, Planning Commission of India & Economist, Gandhinagar 8 Dr. DANKESH OZHA Former Joint Secrety, Govt. of Gujarat, Economist & Author, Gandhinagar 9 AMIYA KUMAR BAGCHI Renowned Economist 10 Dr. T.R.CHANDRASEKHAR Renowned Economist, Bangalore 11 Prof.BASWARAJ Renowned Economist, Mysore University 12 Dr. S.K.NAYAK Reader in Economics, Itanagar University, Arunachal Pradesh 13 Prof.BHABAGRAHI MISHRA Dept of Economics, Sambalpur University 14 Dr. S.K.DUTTA Prof.of Economics, Burdwan University 15 Dr. BIMAL KISHORE MISHRA Retired Professor of Economics, Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar 16 GOPAL Ch.MISHRA Vice Chancellor, Gour Banga University, Malda 17 Prof.R.C.TRIPATHI Pro.Vice Chancellor Allahabad University 18 Dr. S. RAJASEKHARAN Pro.Vice Chancellor, Kalady Sanskrit University 19 Prof. K.V. RAMANA Former Vice-Chancellor, Andhra University, Vizag 20 Dr. A.P.PADHEE Former Vice Chancellor, Berhampur University 21 Dr. PRASAD Former Vice Chancellor, Kalady Sanskrit University 22 Dr. MAHADEV PRASAD PANDAY Padmashree Awardee, renowned freedom fighter 23 BHAGVATI SHARMA Jnanpeeth Awardee, Editor,Gujarat Mitra, Surat 24 TIJAN BAI Padmabhushan Awardee, famous folk artist 25 Dr.CHANDRASEKHAR KAMBAR Renowned Writer, Jnanpeeth, Kendra Sahitya Academy & Padmasri Awardee,Belgaum 26 GIRISH KARNAD Noted Actor, Jnanpeeth Awardee, Karnataka 27 G. NARASIMHARAJU YADAV Padmasri Awardee, Best Farmer of India Awardee,Machilipatnam 28 NELSON Padmashree Awardee, famous artist 29 G.SANKAR Padmashree Awardee, Chairman of Habitat 30 Prof. O.N.V.KURUP Famous Poet, Jnanpeeth Laurette 31 Dr. N. BHASKAR Kendriya Sahitya Academy Awardee, Karimnagar 32 K. RAMA RAO Famour writer, Kendra Sahitya Academy Awardee, 33 SELVARAJ Sahitya Academy Awardee 34 S.U.VENKATESAN Sahitya Academy Awardee 35 PONNEELAN Sahitya Academy Awardee 36 MALARVATHY Sahitya Academy Awardee 37 Prof.N.Y.SUDHAKAR Dean, Potti Sriramulu University, Rajahmundry 38 Prof.S.V.SATYANARAYANA Dean, Osmania University, Hyderabad 39 Dr.N.K.Chowdhury Dean, Dept of Social Sciences, Patna University 40 Dr. GURMEET KAUR Principal, GGS Medical College, Faridkot 41 Prof.NABEESA UMMAL Noted Educationist 42 Prof.G.RAMAKRISHNA Former member, Academic Council & Senate, Bangalore 43 Dr. BABURAU GURAV Author, Historian 44 S.CHIDAMBARAM Eminent Actuary 45 MANOJ TYAGI BIO Scientist ,Allahabad 46 Dr.HARVEER SHARMA Military Science Expert, Meerut 47 M.KRISHNA MURTHY Presidential Vignana Peetam Award Winner - Astrological Sciences 48 RAM REDDY Famous Psychiatrist & holder of 32 Masters Degrees 49 Dr.R.K.PATRA Former Director of Health Services, Odisha 50 E.A.S.SHARMA Former Energy Secretary, Govt.of India 51 Dr. AJAY KHARE Joint Director, Health Services, Bhopal 52 JAYAPRAKASH Former IRDA IAC Member 53 ANIL DUBEY Retd.Chief Auditor, Posts & Telegraphs, Ajmer 54 SURENDRA NATH SWAIN I.P.S.(Retd), Cuttack 55 Dr.S.SUNDER RAO Former Addl. Director, Dept of Higher Education, Odisha 56 Dr.T.G.SARACHANDRAN Retd., Deputy Director of Collegiate Education 57 Dr. GEORGE ONAKKOOR Former Director, State Institute of Encyclopedia publications, Govt of Kerala 58 DHAIRSHEEL PATIL Former Chairman, Bar Council of India, Satara 59 Prof. HARA GOPAL Member, Human Rights Commission, Hyderabad 60 CHUNILAL BHATTACHARJEE Member, Bar Council in Assam, Mizoram, Arunachal, Nagaland, Sikkim 61 ANIL JANGALA General Secretary, Bar Association, Meerut 62 ATUL RAINA President, Ujjain Bar Association 63 D.K.DIXIT President, Bar Association, Shahdol 64 ANAND MOHAN MATHUR Former Advocate General, Govt of Madhya Pradesh 65 SURENDRA MAHAPATRA Former Joint Secretary, Bar Association, Raipur 66 S.K.SANTHALIA President, Singhbhum Chamber of Commerce,Jamshedpur 67 Dr. SUDESH YADAV President, All India Media Association 68 Dr.M.L.CHOPRA President, Association of Medical Practitioners of Jodhpur 69 Dr.C.G.NARASIMHAN Former Chairman, Association of surgeons of India, Mysore 70 RADHIMOHAN BHAGAWATI Editor,Dainik Assam, Gauhati 71 DILIP CHANDAN Editor, Assam Bani 72 RUCHIR GARG Editor, Naiduniya, Bhopal 73 RATAN PANI Bureau Chief, Indian Express, Sambalpur 74 M.GIREESH Famous Psychologist and Kairali TV presentor 75 JOHN BRITTAS Managing Director,Kairali TV 76 JUMUR PANDEY Famous Writer, West Bengal 77 M.VAIRA MUTHU Famous Tamil Poet and National Award winner 78 ROSE MARY Famous Malayalam Poetess 79 NANDAL HITAISHI Famous Poet, Progressive Writers Association, Allahabad 80 AJAMIL Famous Poet, Allahabad 81 Md.KUMAR HASSAN Famous Poet & Sr.Journalist, Odisha 82 N.A.DESOUZA Famour Kannada writer, Shimoga 83 HARISH CHANDRA PANDEY Famous Poet, President-Janwadi Lekhak Sangh, Allahabad 84 NEELAM SHANKER Famous writer, Secretary-Progressive Writers Association, Allahabad 85 NEEL KANT Senior Author, Janwadi Lekhak Sangh, Allahabad 86 A.RAM MOHAN RAO Famous writer, State Literary Award winner from Govt.of Andhra Pradesh 87 LENIN RAJENDRAN Famous Film Director, National Award winner 88 SHAJI N. KARUN Famous Film Director, National Award winner 89 VENJARAMMOOD SURAJ Famous Malayalam Cine Actor- National Award Winner 90 ANINDITA SARVADHIKARI Renowned Film Director, National Award winner 91 GOPINATH MUTHUKAD Renowned International Magician 92 RAMANI BURMA Former Education minister, Assam 93 K.CHANDRIKA Mayor of Trivandrum 94 Prof. NAGESH SATERI Former Mayor, Belgaum 95 Prof. KODANDA RAM Chairman, Telangana Joint Action Committee, Hyderabad 96 K.PANDURANGA RAO Freedom fighter, Tamrapatra Grahita 97 B.V.RAMARAO Freedom fighter, known as Totapally Gandhi, Karimnagar 98 ANAND MALVIYA Social Activist, Allahabad and famous author 99 SHUBHA BRAHME Social Activist, Pune 100 PRATYUSHA International Chess Player, Asian Youth Gold Medalist
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