Bhopal: Social activist Medha Patkar has sparked protests from the saffron brigade by allegedly describing Narmada river as a prostitute that is being abused by private companies.
The “Narmada Bachao Andolan” leader, however, on Monday clarified that she never meant to defile the holy river and her statement was wrongly presented by the media. Earlier on Sunday, in an informal chat with media persons here, Ms Patkar had said several private firms were abusing the river like a “veshya” (prostitute). She had claimed that the private companies were being fed 172 crore liters of water every day.
Irked over Patkar’s reported remarks, local BJP leader Amrit Lal Agrawal and several other NGOs approached Barwani police station to lodge a complaint against her. However, police did not accept the complaint advising them to file it in Bhopal police station where she reportedly made the statement.
