BJP demands Anderson escape order from Congress

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'The Congress owes an explanation to the nation and victims of Bhopal Gas Tragedy as to who instructed that Anderson be allowed to leave the country,' senior BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said.

BJP today demanded an explanation from Congress as to who was responsible for the escape of Union Carbide Chairman Warren Anderson from India in the wake of Bhopal Gas Tragedy in December 1984.
           
"The Congress owes an explanation to the nation and victims of Bhopal Gas Tragedy as to who instructed that Anderson be allowed to leave the country," senior BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain told reporters on the sidelines of BJP's two-day national executive here.
           
He demanded that Congress should reveal the individual's name who had ordered the release of Anderson from police custody in Bhopal on December 7, 1984 and later his transportation to New Delhi by the state plane.