Election Watch | A familiar name has cropped up as BJP takes on AAP in Gujarat: Medha Patkar | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express
Amit Shah calls the activist 'an opponent of Gujarat', CM dubs her 'urban Naxal' as BJP says AAP will bring her to state
Wednesday, Sep 07, 2022
ePaper
Today’s Paper
Journalism of Courage
HomeExplainedPolitical PulseIndiaCitiesOpinionEntertainmentLifestyleTechnologyVideosSportsAudioEducationPremiumInvestigations
Subscribe
Sign In
TrendingUPSC KeyEveryday ExplainersApple iPhone 14 eventHealth SpecialsMovie ReviewsFollow AuthorsCricketAcademic Counselling
if (window.innerWidth) //if browser supports window.innerWidth
var page_w=window.innerWidth;
else if (document.all) //else if browser supports document.all (IE 4+)
var page_w=document.body.clientWidth;
//var page_w=screen.width;
if( page_w > 1024 ) {
jQuery(".add-left,.add-right").show();
}else{
jQuery(".add-left,.add-right").hide();
}
HomePolitical PulseElection Watch | A familiar name has cropped up as BJP takes on AAP in Gujarat: Medha Patkar
Premium
Election Watch | A familiar name has cropped up as BJP takes on AAP in Gujarat: Medha Patkar
Amit Shah calls the activist 'an opponent of Gujarat', CM dubs her 'urban Naxal' as BJP says AAP will bring her to state
Written by Parimal A Dabhi
/// Story Page Editor Details ////
jQuery(".bulletProj").hover(function() {
var dividshow = '#div_'+jQuery( this ).attr( 'id' );
jQuery( this ).siblings("#div_written_by_parent").html( jQuery( dividshow ).html() ).show();
})
jQuery(".editor-details, .editor").hover(function () {},function () {
var dividhide = '#'+jQuery( this ).attr( 'id' );
jQuery( "#div_written_by_parent" ).html("");
jQuery( "#div_written_by_parent" ).hide();
});
Gandhinagar | Updated: September 7, 2022 7:22:13 pm
Activist Medha Patkar. (Photo: twitter/@PrasadKVelayud1)MEDHA Patkar is its old bugbear. Arvind Kejriwal is threatening to become one. Now, the BJP, looking to stop the Aam Aadmi Party leader in Gujarat, is using the Narmada Bachao Andolan activist, a much reviled figure by the party in the state, to target him.
On September 4, in perhaps the sharpest such attack on Patkar by top BJP leaders in years, Union Home Minister Amit Shah criticised her by name as an “opponent of Gujarat”, adding that AAP had fielded her once in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and would bring her back to Gujarat.
Earlier, on August 28, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a rally in Kutch, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel called Patkar an “urban Naxal”. The rally was organised to inaugurate projects such as the Bhuj-Mandvi Narmada branch canal in the district, arising out of the finished Sardar Sarovar Dam project.
On August 30, the Gujarat BJP posted an old video of Patkar while terming her an “urban Naxal”.
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.
Rating: 5