Raipur, June 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said Arjun Singh, the Madhya Pradesh chief minister in 1984, should tell the nation how former Union Carbide Corp CEO Warren Anderson was allowed safe passage out of country days after the massive gas leak from the company’s plant killed thousands in Bhopal.
‘Why is Arjun Singh silent and how long he will remain silent? He should tell the facts over Anderson’s being let off,’ BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad contended while speaking to reporters here.
‘Bhopal gas survivors should be given justice and relief,’ he said.
Prasad reached Chhattisgarh capital along with senior party leaders L.K. Advani, Rajnath Singh and estranged colleague Uma Bharti to pay tributes to Chief Minister Raman Singh’s father, Vighna Haran Singh who died here June 4.
The BJP leaders left for Raman Singh’s hometown Kawardha, about 120 km from here, in a chopper to attend the ‘terhanvi’ (13th day ceremony).
The gas disaster struck the Madhya Pradesh capital Dec 2-3, 1984, killing over 3,000 instantly and many others over the years.
