More than 700 theatre artists from different parts of the country have released a join statement to appeal to voters to “vote out divisive politics from power”. The statement, released in 12 languages – English, Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Assamese, Telugu, Panjabi, Konkani,Urdu and Gujarati – was signed by prominent personalities such as Girish Karnad, Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Anurag Kashyap and Lillette Dubey among others.

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New Delhi: In a statement released on Monday (April 8), just three days before voting for the 2019 elections begins, more than 100 visual artists have urged voters not the re-elect the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Modi government’s rule, they say, “has created a pervasive atmosphere of fear and all-consuming hatred, which has infiltrated our homes”. Similar statements have also been issued by theatre persons, scientists, Signatories of the statement include Orijit Sen, Babu Eshwar Prasad, Sukanya Ghosh, Georgina Maddox and Dakxin Chhara. The full text of the statement is below.

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After written appeals by filmmakers, authors, scientists and theatre artistes, it’s now the turn of celebrities, mainly members of the Hindi film fraternity, to take to short videos to urge people to vote with care and concern for the country and its people. ‘Vote Sambhal Ke’ (Guard your vote), is the implicit advice. The two-to-three minute-long videos, up on YouTube, have been directed and edited by former journalist turned scriptwriter-filmmaker Satyen K. Bordoloi.

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