200 eminent personalities appeal to Mamata Banerjee to revoke lockdown 200 eminent personalities appeal to Mamata Banerjee to revoke lockdown In an open letter, they said the ongoing Covid-19-imposed lockdown would destroy the livelihoods of many from the poor and backward classes and that it should have been used only as the last option to fight the pandemic. advertisement UPDATED: June 1, 2021 16:37 IST Calling lockdowns "unscientific and inhuman", they said in a populous country like India, the restrictions would only lead to unemployment and poverty. (Representational image: India Today/Suryagni Roy) Two hundred eminent personalities from art, music, literature, politics and other fields of the civil society have appealed to the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to ease Covid-19 restrictions in the state. The signatories also include 60 doctors.