Medha Patkar termed the National Urban Renewal Mission as the "National Urban Poor Removal Mission" saying that it has been hijacked by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and the Indian corporates who would be benefiting from it at the cost of the urban poor. Addressing media persons after a long meeting with Union Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy and his newly-inducted junior Ajay Maken, Ms. Patkar, convenor of the National Urban Development Struggle Committee, voiced the concerns of the poor urban population and threatened a prolonged struggle if these were not effectively addressed both at the stage of planning and implementation.