| Career in politics | - Medha Patkar and other members of National Alliance of People's Movement initiated a Political Party 'People's Political Front in January 2004 during the World Social Forum, Mumbai.
- In January 2014, Medha Patkar joined the Aam Aadmi Party, a political party led by Arvind Kejriwal in India. She provided support to the Aam Aadmi Party during the Lok Sabha campaign.
- Patkar contested 2014 Lok Sabha election for the North-East Mumbai constituency as an Aam Aadmi Party candidate. She lost and received only 8.9% of the total votes. On March 2015, she resigned from Aam Admi Party's primary membership.
- In 2016, Dr. Suresh Khairnar, the General Secretary of the National Executive Committee of Rashtriya Seva Dal openly announced during the National Convention of National Alliance of People's Movement held at Rashtriya Seva Dal that any political organization led by Medha Patkar will get full support from Rashtriya Seva Dal, Pune, Maharashtra.
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| Major Movements | - Founder of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), a people's movement advocating for those displaced by the Narmada Valley Development Project across Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Gujarat
- Co-founder of National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), an alliance of hundreds of progressive organizations working against inequity, displacement, and injustice
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| Key Achievements | - Led successful campaign resulting in World Bank withdrawal of funding from Narmada Valley Development Project in 1993
- Worked with local communities to develop alternatives for energy generation, water harvesting, and education
- Created a system of residential and day schools in villages of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat
- Participated in formulating national policies on land acquisition, unorganized sector workers, hawkers, slum-dwellers, and forest-dweller Adivasis
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