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Shivraj ‘Disappointed’ as PM didn’t Discuss Anderson’s Extradition with Obama

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed his disappointment over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not discussing the extradition of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson and compensation for Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims with US President Barack Obama, said media reports.

“It was expected that the Prime Minister would discuss the Bhopal Gas Tragedy with Obama but he did not do so,” Chouhan was quoted as saying while talking to reporters.

Singh had met Obama on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Toronto.

Chouhan said that it was not enough for the prime minister to say that efforts would be made for the extradition of Anderson, reports said.

“I want to ask the Prime Minister who will make these efforts, when they would be made and what would be the process for them,” the chief minister was quoted as saying.

He also said that he was ‘extremely disappointed’ with the approach of the Centre towards the tragedy, said reports.

The court had declared the 89-year-old former Union Carbide chief as an absconder in the case.

The chief minister said that he had written a letter to the prime minister drawing his attention to discrepancies in the recommendations made by the Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Gas tragedy, reports said.

He said that it was not correct on the part of the GoM to recommend compensation and relief for only 40,000 gas victims, said reports.

Chouhan said that the state government would take all possible steps for getting the 20 wards (in the city) declared as gas-hit besides ensuring adequate compensation, relief, social, economic and medical rehabilitation of the gas victims, reports said.

(Based on internet reports)

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