Is the PM serious about Anderson's extradition?

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Ashish Sharma | June 30, 2010



Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met US President Barack Obama in Canada and despite the furore over the government inaction over Bhopal gas tragedy back home he refrained from discussing the issue of the extradition of former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson. "We will try to ensure that the US government takes a favourable attitude towards his extradition," the prime minister told journalists while returning, even as he added, "But we haven't approached them yet. I did not raise this issue with President Obama. We will cross the bridge when we come to it." 

If that suggests a lack of urgency, the prime minister clarified, "We are not hiding anything. The Group of Ministers has looked at the records. There is nothing that they have come across by way of definite findings as to who took the decision (on Anderson's flight from India). Those records are not available now."

In other words, the then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi cannot be held guilty with any certainty. But that still does not absolve the current government.

Therefore, the question remains whether the prime minister is indeed serious about Anderson's extradition.

 

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