e-Rahim of the Allahabad High Court; Haroon Yusuf, minister of transport, government of Delhi; Mehbooba Mufti, MP, Lok Sabha; Professor K.M. Kader Mohideen, MP, Lok Sabha; Azeez Pasha, MP; Arshad Madani, president, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind; Akhtarul Wassey, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi; Saeed Tariq Bukhari, Jama Masjid Mushawarati Council, Delhi; Maulana Muhammad Usman Owaisi, Jamia Darul Uloom, Ajmer; Hafiz Abdullah Qureshi, Makkah Masjid, Hyderabad; Maulana Mufti Ashraf Ali, Darul Uloom Sabilur Rishad, Bangalore; E.T. Mohamed Basheer, former minister, Kerala; T.H. Mustafa, former minister, Kerala; Dr. Aliya Zuberi, member, AICC, UP; Khursheed Saiyed, general secretary, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee; Suheb Parvez, publisher, Hindustan Express Urdu daily, Delhi; Ahmad Saeed Malihabadi, editor, Azad Hind and Ujala Weekly, Kolkata; Waseem Ahmad, former MP; Kalimul Hafiz, NGO, Aman, J&K; Abdul Vadood, social worker, Rae Bareli; Ahamed Hassan, editor, Qalam Weekly, Kolkata; Muhammad Ahmad Khan, bureau chief, Munsif Daily, Hyderabad; Jannath Hussain, principal secretary, government of Andhra Pradesh; Dr. Muhammad Akhtar Hussain Qasmi, former MLA, UP; Lutfur Rahman Laskar, a retired IAS officer; Capt. Abbas Ali, veteran freedom fighter and social worker; Syed Nazim Ali Nizami, sufi scholar; and Shafiqur Rahman Barq, MP (Rajya Sabha).