November 28, 2022 7:18 am
NBA leader and social activist Medha Patkar has again come in line of BJP's fire, in its current Gujarat polls campaign, for being ‘anti-development’, a charge she rejects.
November 22, 2022 9:11 am
Gujarat elections: Points to Medha Patkar at Rahul yatra, says Gujarat will punish those with Narmada protesters
November 21, 2022 9:35 pm
The BJP, including PM Modi, have made jibes over Medha Patkar's participation in Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra. While Patkar was once an AAP member, she has been targeted by BJP leaders earlier too.
November 20, 2022 5:46 pm
For the BJP, Patkar is not just the face of the agitation against the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada, a pet project of Modi as CM and PM, but also one of the figures who led protests against the 2002 riots.
December 11, 2019 1:43 pm
The two-page show cause notice reportedly mentions nine FIR's registered against her in several districts of Madhya Pradesh between 1996 to 2017.
November 21, 2019 10:10 pm
The notice was issued to Medha Patkar on October 18, asking her why her passport should not be impounded for not disclosing criminal cases pending against her while seeking the document, an official said.
September 03, 2019 7:07 am
Patkar had begun her fast at a village on the banks of the Narmada in Badwani district on August 25 to protest the decision to fill Sardar Sarovar Dam up to a level of 138.68 metres.
April 23, 2018 4:34 am
“Being an RSS activist, I was associated with VHP and cow protection. I am not disinterested in Narmada conservation, but cow protection is my primary duty. I have never been involved in any controversy and never associated myself with controversial persons so I am feeling uncomfortable,” Akhileshwaranand said.
September 27, 2017 8:13 pm
The delay in the completion of the dam was due to numerous reasons. Patkar-led NBA took the government to the Supreme Court over environmental and rehabilitation issues, and obtained a stay in 1996.
September 17, 2017 7:00 pm
The inauguration of the dam in Gujarat is seen as a political gesture, especially as 85 per cent of the Narmada river’s catchment area lies in Madhya Pradesh.