Rally for the Valley organized by Narmada Bachao Andolan illegally detained and stopped at Gujarat Border, Kavta checkpost, Kavta Village in Chhota Udaipur District
Gujarat Police failed to produce any written order, NAPM urges citizens to call the police officials and other authorities to release them and stop attacking the constitutional rights of citizens of this country
Gujarat | June 07, 2017: Today morning on the 3rd day of Rally For The Valley, Medha Patkar, Prafulla Samantara, Soumya Datta, Dr. Sunilam, Jasbir Singh (All India Kisan Sabha, MP), Nita Mahadev (a noted Gandhian, Gujarat) and hundreds of supporters were detained at Kavta check post, kavta village of Chhota Udaipur district. The rally was going to visit the Jeevanshala (a school run by Narmada Navnirmaan Abhiyan) of Chimalkhedi, Maharashtra when police officials stopped them from crossing the Gujarat border. The police officials failed to produce any written order. Even the vehicles with Gujarat number plate and local buses were stopped from crossing the border.
We condemn the attack of Gujarat Govt. and intent of police officials who have been rampant on suppressing the people’s voices and their constitutional rights and urge citizens of this country to call the police officials and Home ministry of state to answer their motive behind the undemocratic detention and attack on the constitutional rights of people and immediately release all the people and allow them to continue the rally to reach out the students of Jeevanshaalas and people of Narmada Valley.