Days after his insensitive remark about toxic remains left behind by the 25-year-old Union Carbide tragedy in Bhopal led to Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh being burnt in effigy, he was twice shy.
During a press conference in Delhi, he was at pains to explain to Tamil scribes that he had not given the green signal to Kerala’s Mullaperiyar dam, but only allowed a study.
Tamil Nadu has for long opposed the plan as it would reduce the water flow to the state.
“I don’t want more of my effigies to be burnt in Tamil Nadu,” Ramesh quipped.
