Centre should strongly oppose Dow in London Olympics: MP CM writes to PM

Submitted by admin7 on 28 January 2012 - 8:33pm

By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,

Bhopal: Expressing regret over not removing Dow Chemical as one of the sponsors of London Olympics 2012, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written a letter to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh urging him to register India's strong objection to it.

India should refuse to take part in the Olympics on the issue of the Olympics Organising Committee not removing Dow Chemicals. In this connection, Chief Minister Mr. Chouhan has drawn the attention of the Prime Minister towards the resignation of senior member of Sustainability Commission Ms Meredith Alexander.

He has written in the letter that Dow Chemicals' name is linked with Bhopal gas tragedy, which was worst industrial disaster in the world. Dow Chemical has been included as a sponsor of Olympics despite opposition by the people connected with human rights in the entire world. This cannot be accepted in any way.

Mr. Chouhan said that Dow Chemical is responsible for untimely death of lakhs of people in Bhopal gas tragedy. He said that earlier also he had apprised Union Sports Minister Mr. Ajay Maken about his feelings in this connection. Removal of Dow Chemical is necessary on moral ground in view of public sentiments, the letter said. (pervezbari@eth.net)

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Dow and Agent Orange

Submitted by Len Aldis (not verified) on 29 January 2012 - 5:49pm.

I fully agree that Dow should not be a sponsor of the London Olympic Gamnes, or any such games. Dow was responsible along with 35 other US Chemical Companies of manufacturing Agent Orange and Napalm used on Southern Vietnam for TEN-YEARs from 1961, causing the deaths of many thousands and leaving many more thousands crippled for life.

Today in Vietnam there are four million suffering from the effects of Agent Orange. I hope that the Indian Athletes will consider their position and think of the people of Bhopal.

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