Monday, November 29, 1999

Joshi demands special Par session to discuss Bhopal issue

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Lucknow, June 17 (PTI) Accusing the Centre of acting under US pressure, senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi today demanded convening of a special Parliament session to discuss the Bhopal gas tragedy in the wake of "new facts coming up". "There are several burning questions related to Bhopal gas tragedy case which need to be answered. In the wake of new facts coming up, a special Parliament session should be convened," Joshi told reporters here. "Whatever facts have come up so far, it is very clear that the then Union and MP governments provided all facilities and safe passage to then Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson to leave the country," he said. Joshi claimed that after the Bhopal gas tragedy in December 1984, a case was also filed in the US court but subsequently it was transferred to Indian courts. "It should be probed why the case was not put on the trial in a US court. The lawyers in US were emphasising that the case should be put on trial in India as American law was stringent. "Under what circumstances Indian lawyers agreed to transfer the case to India," he said. He alleged that it is very clear from the facts that the then central government was deliberately protecting Anderson buckling under US pressure. "Now Pranab Mukherjee has said Anderson was allowed to leave Bhopal as there was a threat to law and order situation. I would like to ask that whether there was any intelligence report in this regard or a case was lodged," the BJP leader asked. He said it should be probed whether the plant set up in Bhopal was checked or not before allowing it to function. "It should be probed that whether the plant set up by Union Carbide was new or old. This is because developed countries use dirty techniques in developing countries and set up plants which are poisonous," he alleged. (More) PTI AVA.

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