Political leaders cutting across party lines have joined hands with the civil society to launch a nationwide campaign against GM crops and the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill.
There has been strong opposition from organisations influential with the government against approval to GM foods.
Modi government is pushing GM food crops without adequate safety assessment and transparency, claim activists.
Efforts by Indian activists to challenge the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority Bill, now pending in Parliament, may get a boost from a controversy that has broken out in the US