History repeats itself. The Bhopal Tragedy has repeated itself. The first time it resulted in death and injury. This time round it has added insult to the injury. Obama was looking for someone "whose ass he could kick" after the Gulf spill incident. We have probably been trying to avoid that over the last so many years after that fateful night in 1984.
In my opinion Arjun Singh will earn his place as one of the most hated politicians in the country in the annals of history. He was in the thick of the reservation controversy some time back and earned the wrath of a not-inconsiderable chunk of India's population. Now he is again in the news and once again, it is for the wrong reasons. News reports indicate that he might have had a role in allowing Warren Anderson to leave the country in the wake of the Bhopal tragedy. Hopefully, the actually truth will emerge at least now. The Congress finds itself on the back foot with anger increasing day-by-day.
The Supreme Court was blamed for dilution of charges from culpable homicide to causing death by negligence (I think). The former Chief Justice Mr Ahmadi has said that this was only because of the existing laws and the court cannot be blamed for following the law. Thus in this case the laws seem inadequate. The nuclear liability bill under discussion in the government has come under renewed focus after the recent verdict. There seem to be attempts to dilute this bill to favour corporations. When will Indian lives be treated to be as important as any other?
2 comments:
Totally agree, the impotence of the sentence given is baffling, i am sure after the Nuclear bill, India is preparing itself for a homemade Chernobyl too
let us hope that is not the case
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