Many of us involved with the INDIA campaign felt that the gap between grassroot organisations and INDIA parties needed to be bridged. Unless this happened, the door would be left open to the BJP to expand their influence in Delhi by means fair or foul. 

Umar has refused to be quiet even after his arrest. He has spoken on behalf of all Indian dissenters across caste, creed and religion; carrying his community identity as a symbol of empowerment, assertion and unity; and not of subjugation, slavery and division.