WILL THEY EVER GET RELIEF?
The insensitivity of politicians towards human life is completely missing. We have observed this over and over again. It is only during the election time that these politicians think of distributing bags full of money avoiding the Election Commissioner’s eye. After the Bhopal tragedy where the official number is thirty thousand dead and approximately a lac deformed, the effect of the gas leak in human lives is still there. The culprit was flown in a government plane and set free immediately. Is this a responsible or a sensitive act?
Fortunately the public is not blind or deaf anymore to the faults of the Government. It is a known fact that personal friendship of businessmen, politicians and beaurocrates go much above the law. Anderson was god sent to the Madhya Pradesh government at that time. His coffers were full for politicians and the beaurocracy. His seven star company guest house was used by the men in power and their families very often. He funded enough charities owned by powerful politicians. Many politicians and beaurocrates have enjoyed his hospitality in America on holidays. So, to go all out and use official machinery to set free a murderer of thirty thousand people was returning a favour for his large heartedness towards them. Unfortunately no one directly connected with the influential and powerful was a victim in this tragedy. Then would Anderson with the help of government machinery fled from this nation? For once I must say, thanks to the electronic media we can see the fate of the families who are effected by the poisonous gas. It has left generations deformed. No amount of compensation can make amends in this inhuman act. The carelessness of Madhya Pradesh Government in not having safety norms checked again and again is unforgivable. The attitude of the American Anderson of running away instead of helping the effected families medically and monetarily the less said the better.
It is very easy for Arjun Singh who was then the Chief Minister to keep silent now when the whole country wants to know the truth. Is he trying to pretend that the orders came from the Centre, because he thinks people have a short memory? Right after this tragedy Rajiv Gandhi visited Bhopal and said in a speech that ‘Action’ will be taken and within five minutes Arjun Singh turned the word ‘Action’ into ‘Compensation’ and said that the compensation will be given. Unfortunately, the State Government made sure that there was no ‘Action’ or ‘Compensation’. Everybody has come off badly in the aftermath of this tragedy; the government of the day, investigating agencies and the judiciary.
After this tragedy enough Governments have come and gone - the Narasimha Rao government, the Chandrashekhar government and the Vajpayee government but no action was taken. It is a sad and unfortunate state of affair for the public of nation that we have leaders who are insensitive and inhuman to the common man and their loss which is in-repairable. But it is never too late now that the can of worms is open and we do expect some relief and justice for the families who suffered after this tragedy. Will 93 years old Anderson’s extradition heal the wounds of Bhopal? Why don’t we concentrate on giving a larger compensation package for the victims which is properly disbursed and make tighter laws to prevent future Bhopals’ from happening. We must also own up to the multiple institutional failures and make sure that we learn a lesson from it.
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