With questions being raised over handling of the Bhopal gas tragedy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today directed the Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram, to meet “immediately” and report to the Cabinet within 10 days.
“The Prime Minister has directed the GoM, constituted to look into all issues relating to Bhopal gas disaster, to meet immediately and take stock of the situation arising out of the recent court judgement...,” a PMO spokesman said.
The GoM was reconstituted last week to go into a range of issues including the relief and rehabilitation of victims and their families.
Giving a new spin on why Union Carbide Chairman Warren Anderson was allowed to leave the country, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee yesterday said the state chief minister Arjun Singh had taken the decision keeping in view the prevailing law and order situation.
He said this was “thought necessary” as tempers were running high after the incident.
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