Over 600 theatre artistes on Thursday issued a joint statement appealing to citizens to “vote bigotry, hatred, and apathy out of power”. The 616 signatories of the statement include Amol Palekar, Anurag Kashyap, Dolly Thakore, Lillete Dubey, Naseeruddin Shah, Abhishek Majumdar, Anamika Haksar, Navtej Johar, MK Raina, Mahesh Dattani, Konkona Sen Sharma, Ratna Pathak Shah and Sanjna Kapoor.

Over 600 writers urge Indians to vote against BJP and allies, say the idea of India is under threat