Bhopal, April 18: Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar today trained her guns on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and slammed his government for “committing excesses” on tribals, who have lost their lands to the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) in the state.
“The Modi government, which has committed massacre (Katleaam) of minorities is now committing excesses on the tribals whose lands were submerged in SSP,” Patkar told reporters here.
“Some displaced tribal women of SSP had been raped but there was no place where they can get their complaint registered in Gujarat,” she alleged.
The Gujarat government has forcibly grabbed land from tribals and did not compensate or rehabilitate them, se claimed.
—-PTi