Ahmedabad: Water scarcity in major regions of Gujarat is heating up the political arena in the state, with Opposition parties and NGOs up in arms against the Narendra Modi government's "inaction" and "mismanagement" of the crisis. Passing the buck, Gujarat has targeted the Centre for denying permission to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam, and stalling construction of gates over it.
The government claims that permits on the dam would have enabled it to bring water of Narmada river to Saurashtra and Kutch. Chief Minister Narendra Modi had recently said the Opposition has failed to understand the water problem in the state arising out of the Centre's stand of not allowing permission to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam.
"The BJP will launch a public agitation against the central government on the the issue of Sardar Sarovar Dam," Modi had told a large gathering here on April 8, during the celebrations of 33rd Foundation Day of BJP.
Meanwhile, Gujarat Congress has decided to bring the water scarcity issue before the people by embarking on a 'Jal Adhikar Yatra' while maintaining pressure on the government to take immediate action. Covering more than 100 villages in nine districts which are badly hit by water scarcity, the yatra will commence from Dwarka on April 10 and culminate in Ambaji on April 21....
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02:48 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Ahmedabad: Water scarcity in major regions of Gujarat is heating up the political arena in the state, with Opposition parties and NGOs up in arms against the Narendra Modi government's "inaction" and "mismanagement" of the crisis. Passing the buck, Gujarat has targeted the Centre for denying permission to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam, and stalling construction of gates over it. The government claims that permits on the dam...
02:23 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Congress on Friday announced to launch a state-wide 'Jal Adhikar Yatra' against the recently passed Gujarat Irrigation and Drainage Bill which it termed as an "anti-farmer" bill. "From April 10 we will launch a 12-day 'Jal Adhikar Yatra' from Dwarka to Ambaji against the Gujarat Irrigation and Drainage Bill which is not only anti-farmer but also gives arbitrary and draconian powers to government officials," Congress President Arjun...
07:10 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Patna: Two persons have died and 20 others were injured in road accidents in Bihar while coming for the JD(U)'s "Adhikar rally" here on Sunday, police said. One person died in Samastipur when the minibus in which he was coming to Patna for the rally overturned near Rajdhani chowk under Tazpur police station. He died on way to Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), police said. Eight others on board...
05:13 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Patna: 2.30 pm: Opposition leader and former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad slams the rally as a political gimmick, says it is not the Centre that grants special status but the CMs of all states. 2.09 pm: Nitish Kumar says the Janata Dal United will organise a Adhikar rally in Delhi's Ramlila ground in March 2013. 1.30 pm: Nitish Kumar addresses crowds, says PM refused each time the Bihar government raised...
11:55 AM, Nov 04, 2012
Patna: Jailed former legislator Munna Shukla of the ruling Janata Dal (United) on Friday distributed pamphlets appealing to people to participate in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's "Adhikar Yatra". The pamphlets were distributed on Friday within the court premises at Muzaffarpur, where Munna Shukla was brought for a hearing, police said. Munna Shukla, whose wife Annu Shukla is a JD(U) legislator, is currently lodged in Muzaffarpur Jail, about 70 km from...
05:46 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Patna: An FIR was filed on Sunday against former Janata Dal United MLA Munna Shukla on extortion charges. Shukla allegedly demanded Rs 2 crore from a builder for the JDU's Adhikar rally. Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has slammed the ruling party JDU, saying it is using the rally as an 'adhikar' or 'right' to extort money. "This 'adhikar' rally has become a tool for extortion. The...
10:39 AM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will begin the second phase of his Adhikar Yatra on Saturday. The yatra aims at mobilising support for a special category status for Bihar. Police teams led by magistrates have been deployed at various points security has been tightened after some violent incidents during the first phase. The yatra is scheduled to begin by addressing a public meeting at the Zila school ground....
07:02 AM, Oct 06, 2012
Patna: The rift between the Janata Dal (United) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), coalition partners in the Bihar government, has widened. The latter on Friday called for a Hunkaar rally in the state in April 2013, in response to the Adhikaar rally by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. More importantly, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi is expected to participate in the BJP's rally. Modi and Nitish do not see eye-to-eye and...
03:28 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Patna: Eighteen policemen - seven inspectors and 11 constables - were suspended on Sunday for failing to prevent the attacks on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's cavalcade during his Adhikar Yatra. The Bihar police on Saturday formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by a superintendent of police, to probe the protests. The SIT filed an FIR against 75 named and 600 unknown people. There were protests in Motihari, Begusarai and...
01:21 PM, Sep 30, 2012
Khagaria: Ranvir Yadav, who was captured on video cameras snatching an automatic weapon from police and firing in the air to disperse protesters near Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's public meeting at Khagaria town, has no case lodged against him, district police superintendent said on Saturday. "No one has filed case with police against Yadav for terrorising anybody by branding a weapon on Thursday and so the question of giving him...
07:46 PM, Sep 29, 2012
Patna: Opposition RJD charged Nitish Kumar government on Saturday with having imposed 'undeclared emergency' in Bihar to suppress spontaneous protest by the people during his ongoing 'Adhikar Yatra'. "An undeclared emergency-like situation prevails in Bihar at the moment, particularly in those districts being visited by the chief minister to address public meeting to mobilise support to the special status demand for Bihar," RJD leaders Abdul Bari Siddique, state unit president...
06:58 PM, Sep 29, 2012
Patna: The Bihar police has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by a superintendent of police, and filed an FIR against 75 named and 600 unknown people in connection with the violent protests during Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Adhikar Yatra over the past week. There were protests in Motihari, Begusarai and Khagaria during the Yatra, undertaken by Nitish to put pressure on the Centre over his demand for special...
09:33 AM, Sep 29, 2012
Patna: A former MLA of the Janata Dal (United) on Friday snatched the carbine of a policeman on duty and started firing in air when a few protesters tried to attack the cavalcade of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Khagaria, Bihar, during his Adhikar Yatra. Ranveer Yadav, husband of present JDU MLA Poonam Yadav, was seen brandishing a gun and chasing people away. Reports say that he even snatched...
02:25 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Sitamarhi: Capitalising on the political flux at the Centre, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has promised support to any party that grants the state a special status. And to add on to pressure, he will be embarking on a statewide roadshow on Monday. It has been called the Adhikar Yatra. So what started out as a demand through press conferences and official letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has now...
08:10 AM, Sep 24, 2012
