NARMADA BACHAO Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar today challenged the Supreme Court to file cases of contempt against all those persons supporting the NBA agitation against big dams, as the apex court had done in case of Arundhati Rai, an advocate
Prashant Bhushan and herself.
Addressing a gathering of dam oustees on the occasion of conclusion of Narmada Sangarsh Parikrama here, Patkar said we will not give up, let Supreme Court file case of contempt
against all those supporting the NBA movement.
A letter, addressed to the CJI A S Anand, demanding filing cases of contempt against all those supporting the agitation, as has been done in the case of Patkar, Rai and Bhushan, was put on display on which large number of supporters, including Swami
Agnivesh and independent MLA Dr Sunilam, put their signature of support to NBA.
The seven day long Sangarsh Parikrama, which started on April 4 from Balgaon in Badwani district, was also addressed by the Janta Dal ideologue Surendra Mohan, Swami Agnivesh, Dr Sunilam, former IAS officer and a social worker, Dr Brahmadev Sharma, former
chairperson of the National Women's Commission Mohini Giri and RVG Menon from Kerala among others.
Dr Sunilam said the NBA's agitation was on for the last sixteen years and had been successful in keeping alive a ray of hope among the people of the country.
