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Allowing Anderson to leave country improper: CM
Bangalore: Joining the raging debate on the Bhopal gas tragedy, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan today it was improper to let Warren Anderson leave the country but refused to blame any Congress leader at this stage. The senior CPI-M leader said allowing the then Union Carbide Corporation chief to leave India and not arresting him in the case was not correct.
Achuthanandan said Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily has already made a statement saying the judiciary had diluted the charges in the case and converted it to a section meant for 'car accident'. He said whatever the explanations (on the case) being offered now (in various quarters after the verdict), it's sad that victims of the disaster, which claimed 15,000 lives, could not get a 'justified decision' in India. Asked if the Congress was trying to make the then Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Arjun Singh a 'scapegoat' in regard to who sent Anderson out, Achuthanandan said there are rumours that Singh allowed him to leave. Also, it is said that it was the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gadhi who did so, Achuthanandan said. 'But on these two things (whether it was Singh who allowed Anderson to go or Rajiv Gandhi) more proof is yet to emerge. So, it's not proper for me to comment on that right now', the Chief Minister said. Asked if he thought Army's intervention was needed to address the naxal menace, Achuthanandan said it's for Home Minister P Chidamabaram and Defence Minister A K Antony to discuss the issue and arrive at an understanding.
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Bangalore: Joining the raging debate on the Bhopal gas tragedy, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan today it was improper to let Warren Anderson leave the country but refused to blame any Congress leader at this stage. The senior CPI-M leader said allowing the then Union Carbide Corporation chief to leave India and not arresting him in the case was not correct.
Achuthanandan said Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily has already made a statement saying the judiciary had diluted the charges in the case and converted it to a section meant for 'car accident'. He said whatever the explanations (on the case) being offered now (in various quarters after the verdict), it's sad that victims of the disaster, which claimed 15,000 lives, could not get a 'justified decision' in India. Asked if the Congress was trying to make the then Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Arjun Singh a 'scapegoat' in regard to who sent Anderson out, Achuthanandan said there are rumours that Singh allowed him to leave. Also, it is said that it was the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gadhi who did so, Achuthanandan said. 'But on these two things (whether it was Singh who allowed Anderson to go or Rajiv Gandhi) more proof is yet to emerge. So, it's not proper for me to comment on that right now', the Chief Minister said. Asked if he thought Army's intervention was needed to address the naxal menace, Achuthanandan said it's for Home Minister P Chidamabaram and Defence Minister A K Antony to discuss the issue and arrive at an understanding.
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