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All Articles & Concept by:Vijay. K. Tewari

Jun 10, 2010

A tale narrated being late by then responsible officers after their concious arises

What has happened25 years ago, worlds greatest industrial disaster better known as Bhopal gas tragedy was disposed on 7th june2010 by chief judicial magistrate Mr Mohan P. Tiwari , gave no respite to the victims. Rather it has brought more unanswered questions which have to be attended. But one point has came in the lime light is that the conscious of the the some of the officers has suddenly arised, most of them have complained that they were under orders of their superiors to the neither lawful nor correct decision at that time.This remindes me of the Nuremberg Trial , where every Nazi officer deposed that whatever war crime has been done or committed was his duty, being a member of the uniformed force, to carry out the orders. As a journalist who has gone to the plant on the next morning of the tragedy and had conversesation with the main culprit J.Mukund then he was chief works manager(perhaps). I find a similarity in his attitude(then) and the conscious awaken retired officers who are reaviling the Final Truth! Unfourtunately the writer of this blog was working as correspondent of the Navbharat Times (sister concern of the better known Times of India) Whether I have done my duty honestly or failed in doing so , can be a point of disscussion now . I may be charged as a person who had been a failure or not even to-day. But I amaged the the officers who are now comming before public have served the state without their conscious while in service ?Suddenly they listiened the " Aatma ki awawas "after passing quarter century ! The reply may be that when you are in service you are bind by the administrative rules and code and the ethics of the officers.The whole turn of event reminds me the infamous call of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who gave a call to party M.Ps and M.L.As to vote on their "atma ki aawaj" during the election of President of the Republic ,in which official Congress candidate was Late Neelam Sanjiv Reddy and Indira ji was supporting MR V.V.Giri then this slogan was used. Party lost the election but Indira ji came as victorious.