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Ordinance to restore Bhopal gas victims' property

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NK SINGH Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Government on Thursday promulgated an ordinance for the restoration of moveable property sold by some people while fleeing Bhopal in panic following the gas leakage. The ordinance covers any transaction made by a person residing within the limits of the municipal corporation of Bhopal and specifies the period of the transaction as December 3 to December 24, 1984,  Any person who sold the moveable property within the specified period for a consideration which he feels was not commensurate with the prevailing market price may apply to the competent authority to be appointed by the state Government for declaring the transaction of sale to be void.  The applicant will furnish in his application the name and address of the purchaser, details of the moveable property sold, consideration received, the date and place of sale and any other particular which may be required.  The competent authority, on receipt of such an application, will conduct...
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I didn’t let Anderson go : Arjun Singh

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Congress leader breaks silence on Bhopal gas tragedy, points finger at Delhi


HT EXCLUSIVE BY NK SINGH


BHOPAL: Breaking his silence the first time on the roiling controversy of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson’s release from Bhopal, Arjun Singh said he had “no locus standi on the matter. He spoke exclusively to Hindustan Times on the phone.

When asked if he wanted to clear the controversy, Singh told HT, “I have no locus standi on this issue,” virtually lobbing the controversial ball back into then-central government’s court. 

 The Congress has reacted sharply to then-foreign secretary M.K. Rasgotra’s comment that the Rajiv Gandhi government had promised “safe passage”  to Anderson.

The 79-year old veteran Congressman refused to elaborate further.

 He however indicated his autobiography, which is in the works, will have details “Naturally,” is all he said when asked whether the Bhopal tragedy and the Anderson saga would form part of the book.

Ever since the Bhopal verdict came on June 7, there has been a deluge of reports in the media on the circumstances under which Anderson –who was placed under house arrest in Bhopal – left the country.

 While congress leaders and former high-ranking officials have offered their versions of the events of the days following the gas leak, the man at the centre of it  -- Arjun Singh has refused to speak.

 According to then deputy chief ofmission at the US Embassy, Gordon Streeb, when Anderson was arrested in Bhopal he (Streeb) “immediately contacted the foreign ministry and was assured the government of India will honour its commitment to provide Anderson safe passage in and out of India.”

 Then foreign secretary Rasgotra has claimed Anderson was given “safe passage” on the advice of then-home minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and cabinet secretary C.R. Krishna swamy Rao.

American secret service CIA’s East Asia brief dated December 8, 1984, declassified in January 2002, indicates the Rajiv Gandhi government had hastened the release of Anderson from house arrest and blames the MP government for the arrest.

Hindustan Times, 19 June 2010



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