State general secretary of the party Gordhanbhai Zadaphia told reporters on Monday that the memorandum would carry lakhs of signatures currently being taken from eople at ward-level by the party workers. He said the commission enjoyed no legal sanctity or authority.

He stated the party was opposing the WCD's visit because it was going to do more harm than good. Zadaphia asserted that it would not allow the commission to play around with Gujarat's future and that the Narmada project was a symbol of Gujarat's urges and aspirations on which no compromise was possible.

BJP official spokesman and Dhanduka MLA Bharat Pandya said the protest were going on since September 1 when rallies were taken out at Valsad and Navsari. He said similar programmes would be held in Sabarkantha and Bhavnagar on Thursday, in Rajkot and Kutch districts on Friday.

Meanwhile, the state youth Congress has announced that its members will hold a black flag demonstration at Kevadia on September 17 if the commission arrived there and they would be stopped from proceeding to the dam site.

It has also written to the Prime Minister to stop the visit in the interest of the people of the State.