These include Congress leader Pramod Tiwari, former Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kesri Nath Tripathi, Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma, Samajwadi Party leader Ahmad Hasan, Uttar Pradesh Information commissioner Gyanendra Sharma, Uttar Pradesh Additional Cabinet Secretary Vijay Shankar Pandey, Principal Secretary to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shaliesh Krishna and CPI leader Atul Anjan.