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Editor: NAGARAJ.M.R… VOL.4 issue. 29…… 21/07/2010
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EDITORIAL: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS Vs AUTOCRACY – Truth behind 9 / 11 WTC
Terrorist Attack
Freedom is the inherent quality, natural trait of every human being
to carve out his own destiny. It is the resultant urge of everyone to
secure release from squalor, hunger, poverty and ignorance. Freedom -
urge to get oneself free from material wants/needs. This urge itself
makes human being inquisitive , persevere, plan, innovate, act &
achieve his goals . based on these in -born natural traits of a human
being - a level playing field is spread out for every one to secure
freedom from material wants. That level field is the DEMOCRACY. As
there is a boundary line to the field, there are certain limits -
social, cultural & statutory to the democracy, with in the
boundaries, there is a level playing field for growth to every one
i.e. freedom, guarding one-self & his fellows not to cross that limit
is " Responsibility/ Duties". As there are four corner stones to a
field, there are Legislative, Executive, Judiciary & the enlightened
citizens or press.
This in-born urge to freedom is therefore a natural birth right, a
human right. Democracy-the system of governance based on the natural
traits of human beings and ensuring their organic growth, is built
upon this very foundation. Thus The Constitution of India" has
rightly incorporated it in letter & spirit , in the very first page
as the pre-amble & the fundamental rights. The boundary line, the
limit is the " Fundamental Duties / Responsibilities". one of these
fundamental / human rights is " Freedom of Speech & expression (Right
to Information) " As per the constitution of India nobody the
President, Prime minister, Chief Minister, Speaker, Judges nor a
Journalist has special rights which makes him superior to a citizen
of India, under special, critical circumstances constitutional
functionaries are empowered with special privileges only to safeguard
the democratic set-up, to safe guard the unity & integrity of the
nation but not to make themselves superior & to subjugate his fellow
citizens into slavery.
Nowadays due to widespread criminalisation - unwanted elements have
entered into corridors of power - politics, bureaucracy & Judiciary.
>From the seats of power they are running their criminal dens. Media /
press expresses the collective voice of the citizens and is the
source of information to the citizens. As more & more media reports
came out informing the people about the misdeeds / crimes of powers
that be and collectively expressed the anguish of the people,
criminals in power started feeling the heat, until the people were
ignorant about the crimes committed by powers that be until the
people were disunited / lacked collective voice, the criminals in
power were making windfall profits through their crimes. So the
information of their crimes must not reach the people - It is the key
to their riches . So some of these constitutional functionaries
physically assaulted media persons, got them beaten - up & even
murdered the dissenting media / human rights activists. The speakers
of the various state legislatures and of the parliament, started
censoring the diatribes of peoples representatives from the records
of proceedings of the house, live telecasts of the proceedings of the
house are fully censored. Most of the M.L.A.s M.Ps. are not even
aware of their duties. They don't even attend the house punctually.
Some of these members behaviour is against the dignity & decorum of
the house. All these misbehaviour of M.Ps & M.L.As were widely
reported in the media. So the criminals - the powers that be invoked
the special privileges under the normal circumstances itself and
choked , strangulated the throat of source of information /
expression - The Media / press.
Nowadays it is becoming frequent with Judges & the people's
representatives, to slap contempt proceedings "Against Journalists &
citizens" who demand information / accountability & against those who
speak - out against the crimes of Judges, MPs & M.L.As. Even if one
struggles through all hardships & tries to legally prosecute those
criminals, they escape legal prosecution / conviction through "Legal
Immunity Privileges". The recent cases are the "Roost resort case
involving Karnataka High Court Judges" where in the Karnataka high
Court slapped contempt proceedings against various news publications
and the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly speakers arrest warrant
against the journalists of The Hindu" & "Murusoli".
Now a time has come to clearly demarcate, define under what
circumstances these special privileges / Legal immunity privileges
accorded to the constitutional functionaries can be exercised. Also
certain sections of the constitution of India like the tenth schedule
the directive principles of the government, official's secret act
Reservation Policy, Article 370, various non-uniform civil codes
etc., which are at present non- justifiable are all together shaking
the very foundations of democracy. Thereby suppressing the natural
trait of human being to be free & destroying the level playing
field . Free- flow of information is the life-line of a functioning
democracy. Ensure , protect & preserve it.
JAI HIND VANDE MATARAM .
Your's Sincerely,
NAGARAJ. M.R.
Mining sets Assembly on fire
The controversy over illegal mining took an ugly turn in the
Legislative Assembly on Friday with a handful of BJP MLAs aligned with
the ‘Bellary Reddys’ menacingly moving towards Congress legislators
and one even threatening a to “finish” a Congress member when he came
out.
In the surcharged atmosphere, even Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who
was replying to the discussion on mining, lost his cool at one point
and charged towards Opposion leader Siddaramiah, but he was pulled
back by a colleague. He later apologised to the House.
The House witnessed heated exchanges between the Congress and the
Treasury benches when the CM said that Tourism Minister Janardhana
Reddy should be allowed to give his version on the allegations against
him regarding mining.
The Congress leaders strongly opposed it saying that the CM should
first clarify their doubts over the mining issue. “Reddy is an
interested party in the issue. Also, he is not the mining or forest
minister to speak about it,” they vehemently argued.
With no meeting point between the two sides, Speaker K G Bopaiah
adjourned the House for Monday even as the Congress members were
staging a dharna in the well of the House.
After the adjournment, suddenly there was a din in the House. Dinesh
Gundu Rao (Cong), looking at the supporters of the Reddys, said, “This
is Bangalore and not Bellary. Don’t show your high-handedness here as
you do in Bellary.” Provoked by this, Suresh Babu, BJP MLA from
Kampli, Bellary, pounced on Rao saying, “We will finish you...Come
out...”
Babu is a close confidant of Janardhana Reddy and related to Minister
B Sriramulu. Immediately, Janardhana Reddy, his minister brother
Karunakara Reddy and another brother Somashekar Reddy along with party
MLAs Nagaraj and Nagendra began shouting at Rao. There was a free flow
of unparliamentary words from the warring factions. Some MLAs made
futile attempts to pacify the fighting MLAs.
The CM had left the House by that time. Somashekar Reddy was seen
throwing a book at the Congress members. The din continued for
sometime before the Reddys of the mine-rich Bellary and their
supporters left the Assembly hall. But the Congress and the JD(S)
members refused to leave the venue.
Uproarious Scenes in Karnataka Assembly; Members Almost Come to Blows
Bangalore, Jul 9: Uproarious scenes and dharnas as well as opposition
and ruling party members almost coming to blows were witnessed in the
Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Friday during and after Chief
Minister B S Yeddyurappa’s reply on the week-long debate on the
resignation of Lokayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde and illegal mining
in the state.
Even more unprecedented was the incident involving the Chief Minister
losing his cool and leaving his seat by aggressively moving towards
Congress Opposition leader in the Assembly Siddaramaiah as if to
physically assault and later tendering an apology, when the entire
opposition members staged a dharna inside the House.
The situation was so much worse that Congress and BJP members went to
the extent of lodging criminal complaints against each other with the
police and also with the Speaker. With Congress members threatening
their protest and dharna on Monday also, the Speaker has convened a
meeting on Monday to resolve the impasse.
The Chief Minister’s repeated tendering of apology and regretting his
actions as well as promise to control his emotions defused the
situation and the succeeded in convincing the opposition members to
withdraw their dharna though they persisted in their demand for a CBI
probe, which has been rejected by the Government.
Incidentally, the Chief Minister’s detailed reply in the House over
the Lokayukta’s resignation and illegal mining issues and the
subsequent statement that Infrastructure and Tourism Minster G
Janardhana Reddy would give his reply sparked off a furore as
opposition members stoutly protested contending that the Bellary
minister had no locus standii to give a reply because he was neither
the minister in charge of mining nor forests as both portfolios were
under the control of Yeddyurappa.
The opposition tirade against the Bellary Reddy brothers, with
Janardhana Reddy being the focus point, and the heated exchange of
words between Congress and BJP members led to members almost coming to
blows with each other. The BJP member from Kampli Suresh Babu, who is
considered quite close to the Bellary Reddy brothers, rushed as if to
attack Congress member Dinesh Gundu Rao for his comments that the
alleged goondagiri of Bellary will not be allowed nor tolerated inside
the House.
Immediately bedlam ensued in the Assembly and Speaker K G Bopaiah, who
sensed the situation was going out of control, immediately adjourned
the House to meet and Monday. However, the opposition and ruling party
members continued their dharna and exchange of words with threatening
gestures against each other. The BJP members G Somashekara Reddy,
Suresh Babu, Nagendra as well as ministers Janardhana Reddy and G
Karunakara Reddy were behind the ruling party members while Congress
members supported Dinesh Gundu Rao, with D K Shiva Kumar, N L Narendra
Babu and many others defending their party.
Even though the Speaker had adjourned the House, the dharna and heated
exchanges of words continued in the Assembly even after its
adjournment and the Congress members who sat in dharna for hours
together had lunch inside the well of the house.
Incidentally, with Janardhana Reddy, Suresh Babu and other BJP members
attacking the Congress and Siddaramaiah for their behavior and
``baseless’’ allegations against them and challenging the Congress
party to hold rallies in Bellary if it had the guts, Siddaramaiah shot
back outside the House that the party would organise rallies not only
in Bellary district but also in front of the residence of Reddy
brothers in Bellary.
Earlier in his 21-page detailed reply, Yeddyurappa alleged that
illegal iron ore export has been rampant for the last seven years and
a whopping over 30 million tonnes of ore has been illegally exported
from the State from 2003-04 to 2009-10. The political parties which
ruled the state in the past had given mining permits to their party
men and relatives and allowed to “loot” the ore illegally during the
last six years.
Apart from allowing illegal export ore from Mangalore, Karwar and
Bellekere ports, over 76 million tonnes ore had been exported from
Chennai, Mormugao Goa, Krishnapattam, Kakinada and Vaizag ports. The
ore has also been illegally exported from ports located in other
states, he said.
Illegal export of iron ore was 20,49,961 tonnes in 2003-04, 52,39,528
tonnes in 2004-05, 21,71,492 tonnes in 2005-06, 47,44,645 tonnes in
2006-07, 57,61,048 tonnes in 2007-08, 33,96,126 tonnes in 2008-09 and
71,27,937 tonnes in 2009-10.
A total of 284.5 lakh tonnes exported from Chennai port, 264 lakh
tonnes from Mormugao Goa, 117 lakh tonnes from Krishnapattam, 81 lakh
tonnes from Kakinada, 17.5 lakh tonnes from Vaizag ports from 2003-04
to 2009-10, he said.
Miners have extended their mining in 7,558 hectares of forests in the
State against 15,387 hectares in Orissa, 13,532 hectares in Andhra
Pradesh, 10,058 hectares in Madhya Pradesh, and 4,996 hectares of
forests in Rajasthan. There are about 15,000 illegal mines in the
country.
In addition to destruction of ecology and roads in the State, mining
led to degradation of groundwater level and adversely affected the
health of many people and this has been confirmed by a study conducted
by the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment, he said.
The Dharam Singh government had issued notifications for 33 mining
permits, 19 by the H D Kumaraswamy government, nine during the
Presidents’ rule and only two by the BJP government, Yeddyurappa said.
The Chief Minister, who referred mining stories published in an
English magazine of July 16, 2010, said the government has taken
several steps to curb illegal mining and illegal transportation of
ore. It has decided to introduce e-permits to ensure transparency in
granting permits for mining.
The Government had announced a new mining policy in 2008 to encourage
value addition for minerals. A decision has been taken to give permits
for only those companies which set up industries to provide value
addition to the ore.
To check illegal transportation of ore, check posts and integrated
check posts have been established in several places in Chitradurga,
Tumkur, Bellary, Dakshina Kannada, and Uttara
Kannada districts, the Chief Minister said demanding that a national
policy to curb illegal mining and also to ban indiscriminate export of
iron ore and for use of the ore for steel production in the country.
Permits of companies involved in illegal mining would not be renewed
and the Government was in favour of banning of iron exports. Instead
of bulk permits, permits would be given to each loads and trips.
Toll plazas would be set up in 10 places and information on mining
would be obtained through high resolution satellite data and images. A
coordination and empowered committee headed by the Chief Secretary has
been set up to monitor cases related to mining, he said.
A toll of Rs. 500 was imposed on each truck of iron ore load and
collection stood at Rs. 320 crore. The forest development tax
collection recorded at Rs. 336 crore in 2009-10 and Rs. 187 crore so
far, he said.
Referring to demands of the Lokayukta, he said 15 posts had been
sanctioned in last May and 12 technical posts last month. A
notification has been issued to sanction 292 new posts.
Permission has been granted to set up the Lokayukta office at newly
crated Yadgir district. An order has been issued to provide free bus
passes to the Lokayukta police, the Chief Minister said.
However, dissatisfied with the reply, the Opposition staged a dharna
in the House. The Speaker adjourned the House to meet on Monday.
9/11 , 26/11 - SIGN TO LEGALLY PROSECUTE SPONSORERS OF
TERRORISM USA , PAKISTAN & INDIA
Visit , read the petition & support by signing the petition demanding
LEGAL PROSECUTION OF SPONSORERS OF TERRORISM
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/911-2611---prosecute-the-sponsorers-of-terrorism
,
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/sponsor ,
Visit , read the petition & support by signing the petition demanding
ACCOUNTABILITY OF INDIAN JUDGES & POLICE.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/4/accountability-of-indian-judges#signatures
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http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/judge ,
India, U.S.A , U.K , Pakistan and various other countries
have given birth to & supported various terror outfits, all with the
objective of widening their area of influence, to get hold of
governance of other countries, to loot resources of other countries.
At no time they were bothered about the welfare of innocent people
in those victim countries.
Now, when the Frankenstein monster they fathered TERRORISM
is haunting them , came home to roost in their own backyards , all
these countries are crying foul.
Take for instance Pakistan , it has got enough problems on hand ,
poverty , unemployment , malnutrition , hunger , illiteracy is rampant
in Pakistan. Ordinary Pakistanis are suffering, ordinary Pakistanis
does not need neither war nor jihad , what they need is food ,
healthcare , education for their children.
Take for instance india, it has lot of problems on hand
like starvation, lack of education , health care, etc. The GOI says
it doesn't have enough funds to solve these problems. These problems
are of pre-independece vintage, increasing multifold after
independence of india. Still the government of india spent crores of
rupees on training , arming of tamil terrorists in srilanka ,
unnecessarily poked it's nose in east pakistan creating bangladesh,
created terrorist outfits in punjab & northeast to counter the
influence of other terrorist outfits. ALL THE WHILE PREACHING
PANCHASHEEL PRINCIPLES – peaceful co-existance , respect for
neighbour's boundaries, etc, in the same breath. What ordinary
Indians , commonfolk need is food , shelter , healthcare & education.
Take the case of USA , from the beginning since decades , it is the
habit of US administrators, britishers to sow the seeds of
discontent between two countries , make them to go to war with each
other ( simultaneously selling military hardware worth billions of
dollars to those same countries by the way making profit in
billions ) & to finally play the role of a truce maker thereby
getting a foothold in the newly formed government plus getting
reconstruction projects worth billions of dollars leading to profit of
billions. Just remember the US invasion of iraq , citing presence of
WMDs, finally nothing was found. However USA made billions of profit
by business.
The common folk of whichever country , whichever religion you take ,
does not want war , everybody wants peace. The common folk need food ,
shelter , healthcare & education. It is the scheming politicians who
go on the path of violence. POOJYA BAPUJI's , MAHATMA GANDHIJI's
principles of non violence , non interference in the affairs of other
individuals / other countries , love / compassion for fellow human
beings is much relevant today.
Hereby, e-Voice urges the international war crimes tribunal , to
order the respective governments who aided terrorism ,to pay damages
to victim countries.
CRIMES OF U.S PRESIDENT
From the day one the government of USA is selfish & violating the
rights of other countrymen. During cold war days , to expand it's
influence & to give more business for u.s arms manufacturers , the
u.s.a sowed the seeds of terrorism in various countries & nurtured
them through arms & finance supply , training. The AL-QUEDA & TALIBAN
are it's own babies.
The president bush of U.S.A was sufferring from low image ratings ,
the domestic economy was facing a slump , so to improve his own rating
& bring more business to u.s industries , he schemed an inhuman
ruthless plan. He wanted to take control of afghanisthan & iraq. He
needed a ruse to invade them & concocted one murdering his very own
countrymen.
human rights watch has doubted the authenticity of 9/11 in it's
articles months ago. it is just a ploy of the bush to divert
attention of public from his dipping ratings , domestic problems like
unemployment , economic lows and more importantly to find rather
fabricate a reason for attacking the arab world , iraq. finally , to
help it's MNCs mint millions in reconstuction , oil contracts, etc.
it is a savage act of bush for green bucks.
SEPTEMBER 9/11 WAS PLANNED !!!! VISIT : http://www.neiu.edu/~ayjamess/hmmm.htm#Main
The government of U.S.A thrown all international conventions into
wind , lied about weapons of destruction in iraq & invaded a sovereign
country iraq. Still , it was unabale to find any weapons of mass
destruction in iraq. In it's greed for power , green bucks , it
inhumanly tortured prisoners , took them to 3rd countries for
torture , bugged phones of u.s citizens & violated human rights of u.s
citizens. In his ego , greed mr.bush has violated all human rights of
not only u.s citizens but also human rights of innocent iraqis ,
afghans , etc & thrown all international laws into winds.
Now, the president himself has acknowledged the intelligence failure
in iraq but defended his iraqi invasion. Mr. Bush will be remebered in
the history books as a GREATEST LIAR , INHUMAN SCHEMING MEGALAMONIAC
& GREEDY OLDMAN.
AN APPEAL TO THE HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT OF
USA , CHIEF JUSTICE OF
INDIA & CHIEF JUSTICE OF PAKISTAN
- By American Citizens
Our country was known as " Heaven On Earth" , "Land of Equality &
Equal Oppurtunity" & the "Statue of Liberty" rightly symbolized the
spirit of our country. Now USA is known as a "Terror State".
In the last 3 – 4 decades , the persons who occupied the office of
President USA ,in their individual capacity took wrong , inhuman
decisions , meddled in the internal affairs of other sovereign
nations , spent our resources to create terrorist outfits like al-
queda , Taliban in those countries.
In turn these terrorist outfits terrorized , murdered millions of
innocents & this Frankenstein monster came home to roost on September
9 / 11 . After September 9 / 11 , each terror suspect is severely
tortured in hell like Abu Garibh prison , elsewhere by our
authorities. For argument sake let us accept
that these terrorists who murder innocents don't deserve kid glove
treatment & rightly deserve 3rd degree torture. When a single
terrorist deserve such inhuman 3rd degree torture , what quantum of
punishment , torture – previous presidents of USA deserve – who
created , aided & abetted thousands of such terrorists , terrorist
outfits ?
Herby, we appeal to the honourable Supreme Court of USA to order the
federal government to to make public :
1. how much US resources were spent from US TREASURY , to finance
terrorist outfits , military juntas in other sovereign nations ?
2. is not Al-queda , Taliban creations of USA ?
3. did September 9 / 11 WTC attack truly happened by hijacked airplane
or was it planned by US authorities ? see
http://www.neiu.edu/~ayjamess/hmmm.htm#Main
4 . is racial profiling , profiling a particular community &
suspecting all the muslims as terror suspects , right?
5. if it is right , the cretors of such terrorist outfits – past
presidents of USA – who were Christians makes it logical to assume
whole of our Christian community as terror suspect ?
6. is not use of 3rd degree torture on all type of suspects in US
prisons & in the prisons of US allied countries at the behest of US
authorities , right ? is it not violation of human rights & US laws ?
7. did US find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq , which was the
main reason for US attacking Iraq ?
8. why not US authorities use scientific interrogation techniques like
polygraph , lie detector tests instead of inhuman 3rd degree torture
on terror suspects & suspects in other criminal cases ?
9 . what legal right our President of USA have , to illegally spend
billions of our dollars on inhuman , llegal acts of terrorism ,
military coup , creation , aiding & abetting of terrorists , etc , in
other sovereign nations ? while we are suffering from loss of
jobs ,loss of home due to natural calamities , etc ?
Crux , Foundation of all religions is humanity , kindness & universal
brotherhood. It is the preachers who misrepresent it. Terrorism
created , aided , abetted by anybody is inhuman & wrong . Terrorism is
creation of power hungry , selfish people & they must be legally
punished .
Hereby , we appeal to the honorable supreme court of USA to legally
prosecute Previous PRESIDENTS OF USA in the last 4 decades , for
crimes of terror , as per the present US anti-terror laws.
Recently , in the issue of weekly publication "The Week" , cabinet
minister of government of srilanka (previously a deadly terrorist &
right hand man of LTTE chief Prabhakaran ) Mr. Karuna , Himself has
stated in an interview that LTTE received arms training in Tamilnadu
State of India , to wage war against Government of Srilanka. The
Justice Jain Commission Of Enquiry , which probed late PM Rajiv
Gandhi's assassination case , also stated that Tamil Terrorist outfits
in Srilanka Received monetary , financial , arms training support from
government of India. GOI has even setup a radio station for tamil
terrorists of srilanka , within Indian territory. GOI spent billions
of dollars of Indian taxpayer's money for aiding & abetting
terrorism , while billions of Indians were half starving & going
without a single meal , without proper health care.
Recently , in a media interview the president of Government of
Pakistan Mr. Jardari himself has confessed that in the previous years
the government of Pakistan has aided & abetted Terrorism for tactical
gains of Pakistan , spending billions of dollars of Pakistani
taxpayer's money. While ordinary Pakistanis were suffering from
starvation , lack of health care , etc.
All the above proves that Previous Presidents of Government of USA ,
previous Presidents of Government of Pakistan & Previous Prime
Ministers of Government of India were the real master minds of
TERRORISM , founded , aided , abetted TERRORISM FOR THEIR OWN SELFISH
GAINS. In turn Murdering lakhs of innocent human beings. These
guilty previous presidents & prime ministers are deadly than OSAMA BIN
LADEN.
Hereby , we appeal to the Honorable Chief Justices of supreme courts
of USA , INDIA , PAKISTAN , BANGLADESH , SRILANKA & INTERNATIONAL WAR
CRIMES TRIBUNAL , to legally prosecute the previous Prime Ministers of
INDIA , the previous presidents of USA & PAKISTAN , on charges of
master minding TERRORISM & murdering innocent people in their
respective countries .
An appeal to honourable supreme court of USA & HE Honourable president
of USA Mr.Obama
Your government protects all Americans, all American companies both
inside America & abroad. If an American tourist is murdered in a third
country , American investigators fly over to that country to conduct
investigation in total disregard to local laws. In the same way , if
the interests of an American company is threatened in a third country
American government goes to it's rescue.
However , when an American company butchers , causes mass man
slaughter in a third country , as an American company did in Bhopal
India , no action by American government. Still the said American
company has not removed , cleared the accident site of poisonous
debris at Bhopal India since decades and still causing mass man
slaughter , no action by American government why ?
Some US based companies are selling soft drinks , food products ,
medicines , drugs in third world countries , which are causing grave
health damages to the public. The quality standards of these products
are fit cases of rejections by US FDA. Some US companies are selling
drugs ( which are banned in the USA ) to third world countries , still
us companies are exporting such dangerous medicines , foods to third
countries . no action by US government , why ? is it because you think
that the lives of non Americans are cheaper than Americans ?
Hereby, I do request your kindself ,
1 . to initiate criminal prosecution against US based key management
personnel responsible for Bhopal gas tragedy .
2 . to make either the respective company management or US government
to pay compensation to victims of Bhopal gas tragedy on par with
American lives , as if the same tragedy happened in the USA itself.
3 . to order the management of the said company to clean up Bhopal off
poisonous debris , from the accident site at their own expense.
4 . To legally prosecute US exporters & US based companies selling
products ( which violates US FDA regulations or banned in the USA for
domestic consumption ) to third countries.
CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA & CORRUPT PUBLIC SERVANTS Silencing The Voices
Seeking Justice VOICE OF HUMAN RIGHT ACTIVIST
In India, it is nothing new to silence voices seeking justice. Only on
paper , in the book called “Constitution of India” , every citizen is
treated as equal . In practice , public servants behave as public
masters & treat commoners worse . In Their crimes & actions our public
servants even outsmart British occupiers. The criminal nexus of
politician – police – public servant goes to any length to silence the
voices seeking justice , to threaten them , to cut-off their sources
of livelihood , to falsely implicate them fix them in criminal
cases , to assault them & finally to finish them. Indian judiciary has
failed to uphold the “The Constitution of India” in letter & spirit.
NOW, ONE MORE VOICE SEEKING JUSTICE IS ON THE FIRING LINES OF CRIMINAL
NEXUS - the voice of Mr. Nagaraj . M . R . editor , S.O.S-e – Voice
For Justice. Nagaraj will sooner or later will be added along with
satyendra dubey & shanmughan Manjunath , by the criminal nexus.
In india , Law is one & same for all , however in it's implementation
& enforcement , the public servants are practicing double standards.
Poor Innocents are harassed , tortured all in the name of law ,
rules , technicalities .
Whereas , Rich Criminals are manipulating the evidences , records &
are going scot free. The Public Servants treat Rich Criminals
Favourably with kid gloves ofcourse for a price.
Now , take for instance , public servants of the rank of supreme court
chief justice & President of india are hiding information relating to
crime , covering-up crimes , violating commoner's human rights ,
fundamental rights , obstructing citizen from performing their
Constitutionally prescribed Fundamental Duties as Citizens of India ,
no action by police , they are not even registering the complaint.
Whereas , if a commoner cover-ups a crime or evidence , he also
becomes a criminal , if a commoner violates the fundamental / human
right of a rich person , if a commoner obstructs a public servant from
performing his public duties , all those become crimes & he is legally
booked for each counts.
Why not police registering complaint against the corrupt public
servants for their crimes & it’s cover up. IS IT NOT DOUBLE STANDARD.
Will you lend your support for this democratic , non-violent struggle
for peace , justice , along with Mr.Nagaraj.M.R. All humane persons
are welcome.
Read
http://sites.google.com/site/eclarionofdalit/cji-others-silencing-a-human-rights-activist
Dalit woman's murder
TUMKUR: Honnamma (45), a dalit woman and an upcoming politician, was
murdered in Gopalapura of Tumkur district on Monday by alleged
supporters of the JD(S). Honnamma had unsuccessfully contested the
gram panchayat elections twice.
Tumkur police arrested 10 JD(S) members on Friday, including JD(S)
gram panchayat member and president of Choula Kattae panchayat
Manjula, in connection with the murder. Ranganatha, Channamma,
Rangaiah, Jayamma, Swamy, Ramaiah, Manju, Ramaiah and Satish are the
others who were arrested. Two SIs have been suspended for dereliction
of duty.
Honamma incurred the wrath of a section of the villagers with her
plans to construct a temple in Gopalapura village. On Monday night,
the miscreants lay in wait for her when she was returning from
Huliyar. Nearly 20 villagers of Gopalapura attacked her with stones
and left her to die in the drain. When Honamma pleaded for water, the
attackers realized she was not dead after all. They then picked her up
from the drain, attacked her further and killed her.
The police arrived on the scene an hour later but refused to move the
body until the next day.
Fearing for her life, Honamma had approached the police for protection
15 days ago. She submitted a memorandum to Handhnkerae police station,
the SP, the CM and the chief secretary saying her life was in danger.
SP P S Harsha has formed a special team to nab the other accused in
the murder. Speaking to STOI, Harsha said the murder was a political
and caste-based killing. He also claimed that the supporters belonged
to the JD(S).
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Double Standard : BP And Bhopal
By Bill Quigley & Alex Tuscano
When President Barak Obama went after BP and demanded a $20 billion
dollar fund be set up for victims of the Gulf oil spill, the people of
India were furious. They saw a US double standard. The US demonstrated
it values human life within the US more than the lives of the people
of India.
BP should pay $20 billion in compensation, probably even more. The
people of India agree with that.
But people are angry because the US is treating the oil spill, called
the worst environmental disaster in US history, in a radically
different way than the US treated the explosion of a US-owned
pesticide plant in Bhopal India, which some call the worst industrial
disaster in history.
The 1984 Bhopal explosion released tons of toxic chemicals into the
air, claimed the lives of between 15,000 and 20,000 people within two
weeks, and disabled hundreds of thousands of others – many still
suffering from physical damage and genetic defects.
The plant that exploded was operated by Union Carbide India Limited, a
corporation owned by Union Carbide of the United States.
The disaster occurred in a thickly populated area close to the central
railway station in Bhopal, an urban area of 1.5 million in the heart
of India. Most people in the area lived in shanty huts.
Thousands of dead humans and animals filled the streets of Bhopal.
Survivors complain of genetic damage which has caused widespread birth
defects in children and even grandchildren of those exposed.
The soil and water of Bhopal remain toxic with heavy pesticide residue
and toxic metals like lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium and chromium.
While President Obama displayed outrage at BP officials over the 11
deaths from the US oil spill, the US has refused to extradite Warren
Anderson, the chair of Union Carbide, to face charges for his role in
the Bhopal disaster.
Recall too that Obama advisor Larry Summers, then chief economist at
the World Bank, stated in an infamous 1971 memo. “Just between you and
me, shouldn’t the world Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the
dirty industries to the Less Developed Countries?... I’ve always
thought that under-populated countries in Africa are vastly UNDER-
polluted…”
Obsolete and hazardous industries have been systematically transferred
to the third world countries to not only exploit the cheap labor but
also to avoid disastrous impact of these industries on the advanced
countries.
Union Carbide put profit for the corporation above the lives and
health of millions of people. Dow Chemical, which took over Union
Carbide, is attempting to distance itself from all responsibility.
In India there were two Bhopal developments this month. The Indian
government announced a compensation package of $280 million for Bhopal
victims, about $22,000 for each of the families of the deceased
according to the BBC, and seven former Indian managers of the Bhopal
plant were given two year jail sentences for their part in the
explosion. These legal developments are a mockery of justice for one
of the world’s greatest disasters.
We call on the people of the US and the people of India to join
together to demand our governments respect the human rights of all
people, no matter where they live.
Together we must bring about change in corporate development. We have
to emphasize social production for the needs of people and improved
social relations.
If we continue to value some lives more than others, and to allow
corporations to spoil some areas with impunity, our world will not
last.
Unless we respect the human rights of all people and demand
corporations do that as well, we will be damned to live out the Cree
Indian prophecy “Only when the last tree from this earth has been cut
down, only when the last river has been poisoned, only when the last
fish has been caught, only then will humankind learn that money cannot
be eaten.”
Saving Democracy From The Corporate Veil
By Gopal Krishna
Five things the US should do to quell the global outrage after the
recent verdict in the Bhopal gas leak case and provide some justice to
the victims
The labour pains for giving birth to an understanding of a trans-
national corporation, the scope of its civil and criminal liability,
its corporate veil and the chemical disaster of Bhopal is still far
from over. By now it is clear that unless US government decides to act
no one else can get to the bottom of the most complex industrial
catastrophe known to mankind in the 20th century. Without the helpful
intervention by the US President Barack Obama, the litigation process
will never be able to provide justice to the victims and penalise the
natural and artificial culprits.
As democracies, like Indian government, is it time for US government
too to act as parens patriae (guardian) for the past, present and
future victims of Bhopal in particular and for justice seeking people
of the world. The parens patriae doctrine which was deemed as a
pioneering innovation in jurisprudence was invoked for the protection
of all victims of disaster but was sabotaged.
While government of India enacted itself as parens patriae, Dow
Chemicals Company (after Union Carbide's merger in 2001) and its agent
in the government have enacted for themselves a similar role for the
global community of the trans-national corporations against justice
seeking victims.
The global outrage against such sabotage stage-managed under the
guidance of US government that has become evident in the aftermath of
the June 7 verdict merits President Obama's intervention to set
matters right. Taking recourse to judicial escapism instead of acting
to evolve a jurisprudence of liability for corporations gravely
endangers people's trust in democracy everywhere.
The deafening silence of the US president and legislature to ensure
justice to the victims of corporation engineered mass disaster if not
broken would constitute "yet another instance of American imperialism"
in the words of US Judge Keenan who heard the Bhopal case in New York
district court.
Unaccountable and ungovernable corporations are a threat to all the
democracies. If democracy in US and India is indeed non-negotiable, it
merits global efforts to Dow Chemicals and Warren Anderson
accountable. This is required to fix the liability of a trans-national
corporation. In a historic and touching "extraordinary act a foreign
sovereign government seeking justice in an American court", India had
appealed to the democratic judicial system of US for relief in the
matter of industrial disaster of Bhopal caused by a US multinational
corporation. How democratic governments of US and India respond to
provide legal remedy sets a precedent that either legitimises or
delegitamises its very existence.
The government of India filed a suit on September 5, 1986 for damages
in the court of district judge, Bhopal (Regular Civil Suit N. 113/86)
against the US company, Union Carbide Corporation, Connecticut, USA on
behalf of all the persons, who have suffered damages due to Bhopal gas
leak disaster praying for "a decree for punitive damages in an amount
sufficient to deter the defendant Union Carbide and other
multinational corporations involved in similar business activities
from willful, malicious and wanton disregard of the rights and safety
of citizens of India." The Indian government noted in its reply in the
court that Union Carbide's management policies, states that "it is the
general policy of the corporation to secure and maintain effective
management control of an affiliate."
If the US is indeed a democratic state, its constitution is still
alive then it must make corporations like Dow Chemicals and British
Petroleum liable and accountable for their acts of omission and
commission. The following steps are required in US towards that end:
1. The US government should accept the above submission of the
government of India that "the corporation and its subsidiaries are
treated as a unit, without regard to the location of responsibility
within that unit". Consequently, an illegal act by it be deemed as the
act of the corporation, without consideration to its location of
responsibility. The customary alibi of corporations like Dow Chemicals
is an act in sophistry designed to conceal fact of crime and criminals
of the upper-world. The US government should disclose all the trade
secrets of the Union Carbide Corporation and its research and
development centre that Union Carbide operated in Bhopal since 1976
that was suspected to be experimenting with wartime use of chemicals.
This suspicion regarding the disaster being a consequence of
experimenting with war time chemicals is yet to be probed. US
government should undertake and facilitate such probe.
2. The US government must take note of the verdict by the chief
judicial magistrate, Bhopal, wherein it is stated, "Warren Anderson,
UCC USA and UCC Kowlnn Hong Kong are still absconding and therefore,
every part of this case (criminal file) is kept intact along with the
exhibited and un-exhibited documents and the property related to this
case, in safe custody, till their appearance". In the interest of
justice for the Bhopal victims, the US government should expedite the
process of extraditing Anderson at the earliest.
3. Dow Chemicals Company has set aside $2.2 billion to address future
asbestos-related liabilities arising out of the Union Carbide
acquisition. How is that Dow Chemicals can take the asbestos liability
of Union Carbide and not the liability for the industrial catastrophe
in Bhopal? The US government should volunteer its assistance in
ascertaining the Bhopal disaster's inherited liability of Dow
Chemicals Company.
4. The US government should promote acceptance of the resolution of UN
Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights that
approved the 'UN norms on the responsibilities of transnational
corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human
rights' as a step towards ensuring corporate accountability. Article
18 of the norms called on trans-national corporations and other
business enterprises to make reparations for damage done through their
failure to meet the standards spelled out: "Transnational corporations
and other business enterprises shall provide prompt, effective and
adequate reparation to those persons, entities and communities that
have been adversely affected by failures to comply with these norms
through, inter alia, reparations, restitution, compensation and
rehabilitation for any damage done or property taken. In connection
with determining damages, in regard to criminal sanctions, and in all
other respects, these norms shall be applied by national courts and/or
international tribunals, pursuant to national and international law."
5. In memory of victims of Bhopal, the US and Indian governments
should call for a mandatory regime for regulating trans-national
corporations unlike UN's voluntary global compact and reject the
report of the United Nations Secretary-General's Special
Representative for Business and Human Rights wherein it underlined the
need for voluntary regulation and self compliance by the companies
saying, "While corporations may be considered organs of society, they
are specialised economic organs, not democratic public interest
institutions.
If there is one lesson that democracies across the world have clearly
not learnt from industrial disasters, it is to ascertain the nature of
all the genocidal acts of corporations and the very legal design of
the corporation so as to make it genuinely governable by democratic
legislatures. A befitting tribute to victims of Bhopal lies in
learning this lesson in order to prevent future industrial warfare
that irreparably undermines intergenerational equity.
The Cost Of An Indian Life
By Dr. Vispi Jokhi
Twenty-six years ago the people of Bhopal were exposed to a lethal gas
in one of the world's worst industrial accident. But, was it an
accident? The answer is contrary to popular perception a resounding
"No". Because we as a nation have rulers who have devalued our lives
to such an extent that we have not one but many Bhopals which have
occurred in the past, which occur daily and will continue to do so in
the future and we will not even notice or see and raise even a whimper
of protest any of these events.
To just list a few examples I would like to mention more than a lakh
suicides by farmers all over the country, sub-saharan levels of hunger
poverty and destitution, high infant and maternal mortality due to
lack of sanitation and clean drinking water and primary health care
facilities, callous displacement of tribals and the poor in the name
of large dams, factories, mines, SEZ's, factories, ports. I can go on
and on. But is it only the Government who needs to be blamed? Are we
all not guilty with our apathy and complicit acceptance of these
policies of successive governments? Our obsession with GDP, sensex
driven growth has led to wanton destruction of the environment and
massive unrest among the poor and dispossessed masses of India.
Besides the above issues, India loses so many human lives to natural
disasters like floods, earthquakes, drought and such other phenomenon.
All this was accepted as our karma when we were ruled by the
Englishmen, but in 1947 our rulers gave us a constitution which
pronounced that we became a sovereign socialistic secular republic
where all citizens are equal before the law.
Our "chalta hain " attitude and disregard for rule of law and poor
civic sense are responsible for state of our nation today. We need to
turn the mirror to our own faces and correct ourselves. Our non-caring
so long as the issue is not directly related to us is completely wrong
as we must realize that in the welfare of all lies our own welfare.
Discipline, civic sense, compassion for our poor unseen brethren,
moderation in all aspects of life are the stepping stones to reversing
the reasons for the Bhopals. We must put a value to the life of every
Indian and not allow people to become mere statistics. Accountability,
rule of law and equality before law must be the corner stones of the
future path of our nation.
Bhopal is a mere symptom of a deep rooted disease which needs to be
tackled by systemic change and course correction in favor of a
sustainable economic growth pattern based on human happiness sound
ecological principles. I do not see any attempt to do this in all the
sound and fury of the outrage which the Bhopal verdict has elicited
among the middle class.
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EDITORIAL: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS Vs AUTOCRACY – Truth behind 9 / 11 WTC
Terrorist Attack
Freedom is the inherent quality, natural trait of every human being
to carve out his own destiny. It is the resultant urge of everyone to
secure release from squalor, hunger, poverty and ignorance. Freedom -
urge to get oneself free from material wants/needs. This urge itself
makes human being inquisitive , persevere, plan, innovate, act &
achieve his goals . based on these in -born natural traits of a human
being - a level playing field is spread out for every one to secure
freedom from material wants. That level field is the DEMOCRACY. As
there is a boundary line to the field, there are certain limits -
social, cultural & statutory to the democracy, with in the
boundaries, there is a level playing field for growth to every one
i.e. freedom, guarding one-self & his fellows not to cross that limit
is " Responsibility/ Duties". As there are four corner stones to a
field, there are Legislative, Executive, Judiciary & the enlightened
citizens or press.
This in-born urge to freedom is therefore a natural birth right, a
human right. Democracy-the system of governance based on the natural
traits of human beings and ensuring their organic growth, is built
upon this very foundation. Thus The Constitution of India" has
rightly incorporated it in letter & spirit , in the very first page
as the pre-amble & the fundamental rights. The boundary line, the
limit is the " Fundamental Duties / Responsibilities". one of these
fundamental / human rights is " Freedom of Speech & expression (Right
to Information) " As per the constitution of India nobody the
President, Prime minister, Chief Minister, Speaker, Judges nor a
Journalist has special rights which makes him superior to a citizen
of India, under special, critical circumstances constitutional
functionaries are empowered with special privileges only to safeguard
the democratic set-up, to safe guard the unity & integrity of the
nation but not to make themselves superior & to subjugate his fellow
citizens into slavery.
Nowadays due to widespread criminalisation - unwanted elements have
entered into corridors of power - politics, bureaucracy & Judiciary.
>From the seats of power they are running their criminal dens. Media /
press expresses the collective voice of the citizens and is the
source of information to the citizens. As more & more media reports
came out informing the people about the misdeeds / crimes of powers
that be and collectively expressed the anguish of the people,
criminals in power started feeling the heat, until the people were
ignorant about the crimes committed by powers that be until the
people were disunited / lacked collective voice, the criminals in
power were making windfall profits through their crimes. So the
information of their crimes must not reach the people - It is the key
to their riches . So some of these constitutional functionaries
physically assaulted media persons, got them beaten - up & even
murdered the dissenting media / human rights activists. The speakers
of the various state legislatures and of the parliament, started
censoring the diatribes of peoples representatives from the records
of proceedings of the house, live telecasts of the proceedings of the
house are fully censored. Most of the M.L.A.s M.Ps. are not even
aware of their duties. They don't even attend the house punctually.
Some of these members behaviour is against the dignity & decorum of
the house. All these misbehaviour of M.Ps & M.L.As were widely
reported in the media. So the criminals - the powers that be invoked
the special privileges under the normal circumstances itself and
choked , strangulated the throat of source of information /
expression - The Media / press.
Nowadays it is becoming frequent with Judges & the people's
representatives, to slap contempt proceedings "Against Journalists &
citizens" who demand information / accountability & against those who
speak - out against the crimes of Judges, MPs & M.L.As. Even if one
struggles through all hardships & tries to legally prosecute those
criminals, they escape legal prosecution / conviction through "Legal
Immunity Privileges". The recent cases are the "Roost resort case
involving Karnataka High Court Judges" where in the Karnataka high
Court slapped contempt proceedings against various news publications
and the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly speakers arrest warrant
against the journalists of The Hindu" & "Murusoli".
Now a time has come to clearly demarcate, define under what
circumstances these special privileges / Legal immunity privileges
accorded to the constitutional functionaries can be exercised. Also
certain sections of the constitution of India like the tenth schedule
the directive principles of the government, official's secret act
Reservation Policy, Article 370, various non-uniform civil codes
etc., which are at present non- justifiable are all together shaking
the very foundations of democracy. Thereby suppressing the natural
trait of human being to be free & destroying the level playing
field . Free- flow of information is the life-line of a functioning
democracy. Ensure , protect & preserve it.
JAI HIND VANDE MATARAM .
Your's Sincerely,
NAGARAJ. M.R.
Mining sets Assembly on fire
The controversy over illegal mining took an ugly turn in the
Legislative Assembly on Friday with a handful of BJP MLAs aligned with
the ‘Bellary Reddys’ menacingly moving towards Congress legislators
and one even threatening a to “finish” a Congress member when he came
out.
In the surcharged atmosphere, even Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who
was replying to the discussion on mining, lost his cool at one point
and charged towards Opposion leader Siddaramiah, but he was pulled
back by a colleague. He later apologised to the House.
The House witnessed heated exchanges between the Congress and the
Treasury benches when the CM said that Tourism Minister Janardhana
Reddy should be allowed to give his version on the allegations against
him regarding mining.
The Congress leaders strongly opposed it saying that the CM should
first clarify their doubts over the mining issue. “Reddy is an
interested party in the issue. Also, he is not the mining or forest
minister to speak about it,” they vehemently argued.
With no meeting point between the two sides, Speaker K G Bopaiah
adjourned the House for Monday even as the Congress members were
staging a dharna in the well of the House.
After the adjournment, suddenly there was a din in the House. Dinesh
Gundu Rao (Cong), looking at the supporters of the Reddys, said, “This
is Bangalore and not Bellary. Don’t show your high-handedness here as
you do in Bellary.” Provoked by this, Suresh Babu, BJP MLA from
Kampli, Bellary, pounced on Rao saying, “We will finish you...Come
out...”
Babu is a close confidant of Janardhana Reddy and related to Minister
B Sriramulu. Immediately, Janardhana Reddy, his minister brother
Karunakara Reddy and another brother Somashekar Reddy along with party
MLAs Nagaraj and Nagendra began shouting at Rao. There was a free flow
of unparliamentary words from the warring factions. Some MLAs made
futile attempts to pacify the fighting MLAs.
The CM had left the House by that time. Somashekar Reddy was seen
throwing a book at the Congress members. The din continued for
sometime before the Reddys of the mine-rich Bellary and their
supporters left the Assembly hall. But the Congress and the JD(S)
members refused to leave the venue.
Uproarious Scenes in Karnataka Assembly; Members Almost Come to Blows
Bangalore, Jul 9: Uproarious scenes and dharnas as well as opposition
and ruling party members almost coming to blows were witnessed in the
Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Friday during and after Chief
Minister B S Yeddyurappa’s reply on the week-long debate on the
resignation of Lokayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde and illegal mining
in the state.
Even more unprecedented was the incident involving the Chief Minister
losing his cool and leaving his seat by aggressively moving towards
Congress Opposition leader in the Assembly Siddaramaiah as if to
physically assault and later tendering an apology, when the entire
opposition members staged a dharna inside the House.
The situation was so much worse that Congress and BJP members went to
the extent of lodging criminal complaints against each other with the
police and also with the Speaker. With Congress members threatening
their protest and dharna on Monday also, the Speaker has convened a
meeting on Monday to resolve the impasse.
The Chief Minister’s repeated tendering of apology and regretting his
actions as well as promise to control his emotions defused the
situation and the succeeded in convincing the opposition members to
withdraw their dharna though they persisted in their demand for a CBI
probe, which has been rejected by the Government.
Incidentally, the Chief Minister’s detailed reply in the House over
the Lokayukta’s resignation and illegal mining issues and the
subsequent statement that Infrastructure and Tourism Minster G
Janardhana Reddy would give his reply sparked off a furore as
opposition members stoutly protested contending that the Bellary
minister had no locus standii to give a reply because he was neither
the minister in charge of mining nor forests as both portfolios were
under the control of Yeddyurappa.
The opposition tirade against the Bellary Reddy brothers, with
Janardhana Reddy being the focus point, and the heated exchange of
words between Congress and BJP members led to members almost coming to
blows with each other. The BJP member from Kampli Suresh Babu, who is
considered quite close to the Bellary Reddy brothers, rushed as if to
attack Congress member Dinesh Gundu Rao for his comments that the
alleged goondagiri of Bellary will not be allowed nor tolerated inside
the House.
Immediately bedlam ensued in the Assembly and Speaker K G Bopaiah, who
sensed the situation was going out of control, immediately adjourned
the House to meet and Monday. However, the opposition and ruling party
members continued their dharna and exchange of words with threatening
gestures against each other. The BJP members G Somashekara Reddy,
Suresh Babu, Nagendra as well as ministers Janardhana Reddy and G
Karunakara Reddy were behind the ruling party members while Congress
members supported Dinesh Gundu Rao, with D K Shiva Kumar, N L Narendra
Babu and many others defending their party.
Even though the Speaker had adjourned the House, the dharna and heated
exchanges of words continued in the Assembly even after its
adjournment and the Congress members who sat in dharna for hours
together had lunch inside the well of the house.
Incidentally, with Janardhana Reddy, Suresh Babu and other BJP members
attacking the Congress and Siddaramaiah for their behavior and
``baseless’’ allegations against them and challenging the Congress
party to hold rallies in Bellary if it had the guts, Siddaramaiah shot
back outside the House that the party would organise rallies not only
in Bellary district but also in front of the residence of Reddy
brothers in Bellary.
Earlier in his 21-page detailed reply, Yeddyurappa alleged that
illegal iron ore export has been rampant for the last seven years and
a whopping over 30 million tonnes of ore has been illegally exported
from the State from 2003-04 to 2009-10. The political parties which
ruled the state in the past had given mining permits to their party
men and relatives and allowed to “loot” the ore illegally during the
last six years.
Apart from allowing illegal export ore from Mangalore, Karwar and
Bellekere ports, over 76 million tonnes ore had been exported from
Chennai, Mormugao Goa, Krishnapattam, Kakinada and Vaizag ports. The
ore has also been illegally exported from ports located in other
states, he said.
Illegal export of iron ore was 20,49,961 tonnes in 2003-04, 52,39,528
tonnes in 2004-05, 21,71,492 tonnes in 2005-06, 47,44,645 tonnes in
2006-07, 57,61,048 tonnes in 2007-08, 33,96,126 tonnes in 2008-09 and
71,27,937 tonnes in 2009-10.
A total of 284.5 lakh tonnes exported from Chennai port, 264 lakh
tonnes from Mormugao Goa, 117 lakh tonnes from Krishnapattam, 81 lakh
tonnes from Kakinada, 17.5 lakh tonnes from Vaizag ports from 2003-04
to 2009-10, he said.
Miners have extended their mining in 7,558 hectares of forests in the
State against 15,387 hectares in Orissa, 13,532 hectares in Andhra
Pradesh, 10,058 hectares in Madhya Pradesh, and 4,996 hectares of
forests in Rajasthan. There are about 15,000 illegal mines in the
country.
In addition to destruction of ecology and roads in the State, mining
led to degradation of groundwater level and adversely affected the
health of many people and this has been confirmed by a study conducted
by the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment, he said.
The Dharam Singh government had issued notifications for 33 mining
permits, 19 by the H D Kumaraswamy government, nine during the
Presidents’ rule and only two by the BJP government, Yeddyurappa said.
The Chief Minister, who referred mining stories published in an
English magazine of July 16, 2010, said the government has taken
several steps to curb illegal mining and illegal transportation of
ore. It has decided to introduce e-permits to ensure transparency in
granting permits for mining.
The Government had announced a new mining policy in 2008 to encourage
value addition for minerals. A decision has been taken to give permits
for only those companies which set up industries to provide value
addition to the ore.
To check illegal transportation of ore, check posts and integrated
check posts have been established in several places in Chitradurga,
Tumkur, Bellary, Dakshina Kannada, and Uttara
Kannada districts, the Chief Minister said demanding that a national
policy to curb illegal mining and also to ban indiscriminate export of
iron ore and for use of the ore for steel production in the country.
Permits of companies involved in illegal mining would not be renewed
and the Government was in favour of banning of iron exports. Instead
of bulk permits, permits would be given to each loads and trips.
Toll plazas would be set up in 10 places and information on mining
would be obtained through high resolution satellite data and images. A
coordination and empowered committee headed by the Chief Secretary has
been set up to monitor cases related to mining, he said.
A toll of Rs. 500 was imposed on each truck of iron ore load and
collection stood at Rs. 320 crore. The forest development tax
collection recorded at Rs. 336 crore in 2009-10 and Rs. 187 crore so
far, he said.
Referring to demands of the Lokayukta, he said 15 posts had been
sanctioned in last May and 12 technical posts last month. A
notification has been issued to sanction 292 new posts.
Permission has been granted to set up the Lokayukta office at newly
crated Yadgir district. An order has been issued to provide free bus
passes to the Lokayukta police, the Chief Minister said.
However, dissatisfied with the reply, the Opposition staged a dharna
in the House. The Speaker adjourned the House to meet on Monday.
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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/4/accountability-of-indian-judges#signatures
,
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/judge ,
India, U.S.A , U.K , Pakistan and various other countries
have given birth to & supported various terror outfits, all with the
objective of widening their area of influence, to get hold of
governance of other countries, to loot resources of other countries.
At no time they were bothered about the welfare of innocent people
in those victim countries.
Now, when the Frankenstein monster they fathered TERRORISM
is haunting them , came home to roost in their own backyards , all
these countries are crying foul.
Take for instance Pakistan , it has got enough problems on hand ,
poverty , unemployment , malnutrition , hunger , illiteracy is rampant
in Pakistan. Ordinary Pakistanis are suffering, ordinary Pakistanis
does not need neither war nor jihad , what they need is food ,
healthcare , education for their children.
Take for instance india, it has lot of problems on hand
like starvation, lack of education , health care, etc. The GOI says
it doesn't have enough funds to solve these problems. These problems
are of pre-independece vintage, increasing multifold after
independence of india. Still the government of india spent crores of
rupees on training , arming of tamil terrorists in srilanka ,
unnecessarily poked it's nose in east pakistan creating bangladesh,
created terrorist outfits in punjab & northeast to counter the
influence of other terrorist outfits. ALL THE WHILE PREACHING
PANCHASHEEL PRINCIPLES – peaceful co-existance , respect for
neighbour's boundaries, etc, in the same breath. What ordinary
Indians , commonfolk need is food , shelter , healthcare & education.
Take the case of USA , from the beginning since decades , it is the
habit of US administrators, britishers to sow the seeds of
discontent between two countries , make them to go to war with each
other ( simultaneously selling military hardware worth billions of
dollars to those same countries by the way making profit in
billions ) & to finally play the role of a truce maker thereby
getting a foothold in the newly formed government plus getting
reconstruction projects worth billions of dollars leading to profit of
billions. Just remember the US invasion of iraq , citing presence of
WMDs, finally nothing was found. However USA made billions of profit
by business.
The common folk of whichever country , whichever religion you take ,
does not want war , everybody wants peace. The common folk need food ,
shelter , healthcare & education. It is the scheming politicians who
go on the path of violence. POOJYA BAPUJI's , MAHATMA GANDHIJI's
principles of non violence , non interference in the affairs of other
individuals / other countries , love / compassion for fellow human
beings is much relevant today.
Hereby, e-Voice urges the international war crimes tribunal , to
order the respective governments who aided terrorism ,to pay damages
to victim countries.
CRIMES OF U.S PRESIDENT
From the day one the government of USA is selfish & violating the
rights of other countrymen. During cold war days , to expand it's
influence & to give more business for u.s arms manufacturers , the
u.s.a sowed the seeds of terrorism in various countries & nurtured
them through arms & finance supply , training. The AL-QUEDA & TALIBAN
are it's own babies.
The president bush of U.S.A was sufferring from low image ratings ,
the domestic economy was facing a slump , so to improve his own rating
& bring more business to u.s industries , he schemed an inhuman
ruthless plan. He wanted to take control of afghanisthan & iraq. He
needed a ruse to invade them & concocted one murdering his very own
countrymen.
human rights watch has doubted the authenticity of 9/11 in it's
articles months ago. it is just a ploy of the bush to divert
attention of public from his dipping ratings , domestic problems like
unemployment , economic lows and more importantly to find rather
fabricate a reason for attacking the arab world , iraq. finally , to
help it's MNCs mint millions in reconstuction , oil contracts, etc.
it is a savage act of bush for green bucks.
SEPTEMBER 9/11 WAS PLANNED !!!! VISIT : http://www.neiu.edu/~ayjamess/hmmm.htm#Main
The government of U.S.A thrown all international conventions into
wind , lied about weapons of destruction in iraq & invaded a sovereign
country iraq. Still , it was unabale to find any weapons of mass
destruction in iraq. In it's greed for power , green bucks , it
inhumanly tortured prisoners , took them to 3rd countries for
torture , bugged phones of u.s citizens & violated human rights of u.s
citizens. In his ego , greed mr.bush has violated all human rights of
not only u.s citizens but also human rights of innocent iraqis ,
afghans , etc & thrown all international laws into winds.
Now, the president himself has acknowledged the intelligence failure
in iraq but defended his iraqi invasion. Mr. Bush will be remebered in
the history books as a GREATEST LIAR , INHUMAN SCHEMING MEGALAMONIAC
& GREEDY OLDMAN.
AN APPEAL TO THE HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT OF
USA , CHIEF JUSTICE OF
INDIA & CHIEF JUSTICE OF PAKISTAN
- By American Citizens
Our country was known as " Heaven On Earth" , "Land of Equality &
Equal Oppurtunity" & the "Statue of Liberty" rightly symbolized the
spirit of our country. Now USA is known as a "Terror State".
In the last 3 – 4 decades , the persons who occupied the office of
President USA ,in their individual capacity took wrong , inhuman
decisions , meddled in the internal affairs of other sovereign
nations , spent our resources to create terrorist outfits like al-
queda , Taliban in those countries.
In turn these terrorist outfits terrorized , murdered millions of
innocents & this Frankenstein monster came home to roost on September
9 / 11 . After September 9 / 11 , each terror suspect is severely
tortured in hell like Abu Garibh prison , elsewhere by our
authorities. For argument sake let us accept
that these terrorists who murder innocents don't deserve kid glove
treatment & rightly deserve 3rd degree torture. When a single
terrorist deserve such inhuman 3rd degree torture , what quantum of
punishment , torture – previous presidents of USA deserve – who
created , aided & abetted thousands of such terrorists , terrorist
outfits ?
Herby, we appeal to the honourable Supreme Court of USA to order the
federal government to to make public :
1. how much US resources were spent from US TREASURY , to finance
terrorist outfits , military juntas in other sovereign nations ?
2. is not Al-queda , Taliban creations of USA ?
3. did September 9 / 11 WTC attack truly happened by hijacked airplane
or was it planned by US authorities ? see
http://www.neiu.edu/~ayjamess/hmmm.htm#Main
4 . is racial profiling , profiling a particular community &
suspecting all the muslims as terror suspects , right?
5. if it is right , the cretors of such terrorist outfits – past
presidents of USA – who were Christians makes it logical to assume
whole of our Christian community as terror suspect ?
6. is not use of 3rd degree torture on all type of suspects in US
prisons & in the prisons of US allied countries at the behest of US
authorities , right ? is it not violation of human rights & US laws ?
7. did US find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq , which was the
main reason for US attacking Iraq ?
8. why not US authorities use scientific interrogation techniques like
polygraph , lie detector tests instead of inhuman 3rd degree torture
on terror suspects & suspects in other criminal cases ?
9 . what legal right our President of USA have , to illegally spend
billions of our dollars on inhuman , llegal acts of terrorism ,
military coup , creation , aiding & abetting of terrorists , etc , in
other sovereign nations ? while we are suffering from loss of
jobs ,loss of home due to natural calamities , etc ?
Crux , Foundation of all religions is humanity , kindness & universal
brotherhood. It is the preachers who misrepresent it. Terrorism
created , aided , abetted by anybody is inhuman & wrong . Terrorism is
creation of power hungry , selfish people & they must be legally
punished .
Hereby , we appeal to the honorable supreme court of USA to legally
prosecute Previous PRESIDENTS OF USA in the last 4 decades , for
crimes of terror , as per the present US anti-terror laws.
Recently , in the issue of weekly publication "The Week" , cabinet
minister of government of srilanka (previously a deadly terrorist &
right hand man of LTTE chief Prabhakaran ) Mr. Karuna , Himself has
stated in an interview that LTTE received arms training in Tamilnadu
State of India , to wage war against Government of Srilanka. The
Justice Jain Commission Of Enquiry , which probed late PM Rajiv
Gandhi's assassination case , also stated that Tamil Terrorist outfits
in Srilanka Received monetary , financial , arms training support from
government of India. GOI has even setup a radio station for tamil
terrorists of srilanka , within Indian territory. GOI spent billions
of dollars of Indian taxpayer's money for aiding & abetting
terrorism , while billions of Indians were half starving & going
without a single meal , without proper health care.
Recently , in a media interview the president of Government of
Pakistan Mr. Jardari himself has confessed that in the previous years
the government of Pakistan has aided & abetted Terrorism for tactical
gains of Pakistan , spending billions of dollars of Pakistani
taxpayer's money. While ordinary Pakistanis were suffering from
starvation , lack of health care , etc.
All the above proves that Previous Presidents of Government of USA ,
previous Presidents of Government of Pakistan & Previous Prime
Ministers of Government of India were the real master minds of
TERRORISM , founded , aided , abetted TERRORISM FOR THEIR OWN SELFISH
GAINS. In turn Murdering lakhs of innocent human beings. These
guilty previous presidents & prime ministers are deadly than OSAMA BIN
LADEN.
Hereby , we appeal to the Honorable Chief Justices of supreme courts
of USA , INDIA , PAKISTAN , BANGLADESH , SRILANKA & INTERNATIONAL WAR
CRIMES TRIBUNAL , to legally prosecute the previous Prime Ministers of
INDIA , the previous presidents of USA & PAKISTAN , on charges of
master minding TERRORISM & murdering innocent people in their
respective countries .
An appeal to honourable supreme court of USA & HE Honourable president
of USA Mr.Obama
Your government protects all Americans, all American companies both
inside America & abroad. If an American tourist is murdered in a third
country , American investigators fly over to that country to conduct
investigation in total disregard to local laws. In the same way , if
the interests of an American company is threatened in a third country
American government goes to it's rescue.
However , when an American company butchers , causes mass man
slaughter in a third country , as an American company did in Bhopal
India , no action by American government. Still the said American
company has not removed , cleared the accident site of poisonous
debris at Bhopal India since decades and still causing mass man
slaughter , no action by American government why ?
Some US based companies are selling soft drinks , food products ,
medicines , drugs in third world countries , which are causing grave
health damages to the public. The quality standards of these products
are fit cases of rejections by US FDA. Some US companies are selling
drugs ( which are banned in the USA ) to third world countries , still
us companies are exporting such dangerous medicines , foods to third
countries . no action by US government , why ? is it because you think
that the lives of non Americans are cheaper than Americans ?
Hereby, I do request your kindself ,
1 . to initiate criminal prosecution against US based key management
personnel responsible for Bhopal gas tragedy .
2 . to make either the respective company management or US government
to pay compensation to victims of Bhopal gas tragedy on par with
American lives , as if the same tragedy happened in the USA itself.
3 . to order the management of the said company to clean up Bhopal off
poisonous debris , from the accident site at their own expense.
4 . To legally prosecute US exporters & US based companies selling
products ( which violates US FDA regulations or banned in the USA for
domestic consumption ) to third countries.
CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA & CORRUPT PUBLIC SERVANTS Silencing The Voices
Seeking Justice VOICE OF HUMAN RIGHT ACTIVIST
In India, it is nothing new to silence voices seeking justice. Only on
paper , in the book called “Constitution of India” , every citizen is
treated as equal . In practice , public servants behave as public
masters & treat commoners worse . In Their crimes & actions our public
servants even outsmart British occupiers. The criminal nexus of
politician – police – public servant goes to any length to silence the
voices seeking justice , to threaten them , to cut-off their sources
of livelihood , to falsely implicate them fix them in criminal
cases , to assault them & finally to finish them. Indian judiciary has
failed to uphold the “The Constitution of India” in letter & spirit.
NOW, ONE MORE VOICE SEEKING JUSTICE IS ON THE FIRING LINES OF CRIMINAL
NEXUS - the voice of Mr. Nagaraj . M . R . editor , S.O.S-e – Voice
For Justice. Nagaraj will sooner or later will be added along with
satyendra dubey & shanmughan Manjunath , by the criminal nexus.
In india , Law is one & same for all , however in it's implementation
& enforcement , the public servants are practicing double standards.
Poor Innocents are harassed , tortured all in the name of law ,
rules , technicalities .
Whereas , Rich Criminals are manipulating the evidences , records &
are going scot free. The Public Servants treat Rich Criminals
Favourably with kid gloves ofcourse for a price.
Now , take for instance , public servants of the rank of supreme court
chief justice & President of india are hiding information relating to
crime , covering-up crimes , violating commoner's human rights ,
fundamental rights , obstructing citizen from performing their
Constitutionally prescribed Fundamental Duties as Citizens of India ,
no action by police , they are not even registering the complaint.
Whereas , if a commoner cover-ups a crime or evidence , he also
becomes a criminal , if a commoner violates the fundamental / human
right of a rich person , if a commoner obstructs a public servant from
performing his public duties , all those become crimes & he is legally
booked for each counts.
Why not police registering complaint against the corrupt public
servants for their crimes & it’s cover up. IS IT NOT DOUBLE STANDARD.
Will you lend your support for this democratic , non-violent struggle
for peace , justice , along with Mr.Nagaraj.M.R. All humane persons
are welcome.
Read
http://sites.google.com/site/eclarionofdalit/cji-others-silencing-a-human-rights-activist
Dalit woman's murder
TUMKUR: Honnamma (45), a dalit woman and an upcoming politician, was
murdered in Gopalapura of Tumkur district on Monday by alleged
supporters of the JD(S). Honnamma had unsuccessfully contested the
gram panchayat elections twice.
Tumkur police arrested 10 JD(S) members on Friday, including JD(S)
gram panchayat member and president of Choula Kattae panchayat
Manjula, in connection with the murder. Ranganatha, Channamma,
Rangaiah, Jayamma, Swamy, Ramaiah, Manju, Ramaiah and Satish are the
others who were arrested. Two SIs have been suspended for dereliction
of duty.
Honamma incurred the wrath of a section of the villagers with her
plans to construct a temple in Gopalapura village. On Monday night,
the miscreants lay in wait for her when she was returning from
Huliyar. Nearly 20 villagers of Gopalapura attacked her with stones
and left her to die in the drain. When Honamma pleaded for water, the
attackers realized she was not dead after all. They then picked her up
from the drain, attacked her further and killed her.
The police arrived on the scene an hour later but refused to move the
body until the next day.
Fearing for her life, Honamma had approached the police for protection
15 days ago. She submitted a memorandum to Handhnkerae police station,
the SP, the CM and the chief secretary saying her life was in danger.
SP P S Harsha has formed a special team to nab the other accused in
the murder. Speaking to STOI, Harsha said the murder was a political
and caste-based killing. He also claimed that the supporters belonged
to the JD(S).
Truth Behind 9 / 11 WTC Attack
SEPTEMBER 9/11 WAS PLANNED !!!! VISIT : http://www.neiu.edu/~ayjamess/hmmm.htm#Main
http://countercurrents.org/griffin080710.htm ,
http://www.911truth.org/ ,
Double Standard : BP And Bhopal
By Bill Quigley & Alex Tuscano
When President Barak Obama went after BP and demanded a $20 billion
dollar fund be set up for victims of the Gulf oil spill, the people of
India were furious. They saw a US double standard. The US demonstrated
it values human life within the US more than the lives of the people
of India.
BP should pay $20 billion in compensation, probably even more. The
people of India agree with that.
But people are angry because the US is treating the oil spill, called
the worst environmental disaster in US history, in a radically
different way than the US treated the explosion of a US-owned
pesticide plant in Bhopal India, which some call the worst industrial
disaster in history.
The 1984 Bhopal explosion released tons of toxic chemicals into the
air, claimed the lives of between 15,000 and 20,000 people within two
weeks, and disabled hundreds of thousands of others – many still
suffering from physical damage and genetic defects.
The plant that exploded was operated by Union Carbide India Limited, a
corporation owned by Union Carbide of the United States.
The disaster occurred in a thickly populated area close to the central
railway station in Bhopal, an urban area of 1.5 million in the heart
of India. Most people in the area lived in shanty huts.
Thousands of dead humans and animals filled the streets of Bhopal.
Survivors complain of genetic damage which has caused widespread birth
defects in children and even grandchildren of those exposed.
The soil and water of Bhopal remain toxic with heavy pesticide residue
and toxic metals like lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium and chromium.
While President Obama displayed outrage at BP officials over the 11
deaths from the US oil spill, the US has refused to extradite Warren
Anderson, the chair of Union Carbide, to face charges for his role in
the Bhopal disaster.
Recall too that Obama advisor Larry Summers, then chief economist at
the World Bank, stated in an infamous 1971 memo. “Just between you and
me, shouldn’t the world Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the
dirty industries to the Less Developed Countries?... I’ve always
thought that under-populated countries in Africa are vastly UNDER-
polluted…”
Obsolete and hazardous industries have been systematically transferred
to the third world countries to not only exploit the cheap labor but
also to avoid disastrous impact of these industries on the advanced
countries.
Union Carbide put profit for the corporation above the lives and
health of millions of people. Dow Chemical, which took over Union
Carbide, is attempting to distance itself from all responsibility.
In India there were two Bhopal developments this month. The Indian
government announced a compensation package of $280 million for Bhopal
victims, about $22,000 for each of the families of the deceased
according to the BBC, and seven former Indian managers of the Bhopal
plant were given two year jail sentences for their part in the
explosion. These legal developments are a mockery of justice for one
of the world’s greatest disasters.
We call on the people of the US and the people of India to join
together to demand our governments respect the human rights of all
people, no matter where they live.
Together we must bring about change in corporate development. We have
to emphasize social production for the needs of people and improved
social relations.
If we continue to value some lives more than others, and to allow
corporations to spoil some areas with impunity, our world will not
last.
Unless we respect the human rights of all people and demand
corporations do that as well, we will be damned to live out the Cree
Indian prophecy “Only when the last tree from this earth has been cut
down, only when the last river has been poisoned, only when the last
fish has been caught, only then will humankind learn that money cannot
be eaten.”
Saving Democracy From The Corporate Veil
By Gopal Krishna
Five things the US should do to quell the global outrage after the
recent verdict in the Bhopal gas leak case and provide some justice to
the victims
The labour pains for giving birth to an understanding of a trans-
national corporation, the scope of its civil and criminal liability,
its corporate veil and the chemical disaster of Bhopal is still far
from over. By now it is clear that unless US government decides to act
no one else can get to the bottom of the most complex industrial
catastrophe known to mankind in the 20th century. Without the helpful
intervention by the US President Barack Obama, the litigation process
will never be able to provide justice to the victims and penalise the
natural and artificial culprits.
As democracies, like Indian government, is it time for US government
too to act as parens patriae (guardian) for the past, present and
future victims of Bhopal in particular and for justice seeking people
of the world. The parens patriae doctrine which was deemed as a
pioneering innovation in jurisprudence was invoked for the protection
of all victims of disaster but was sabotaged.
While government of India enacted itself as parens patriae, Dow
Chemicals Company (after Union Carbide's merger in 2001) and its agent
in the government have enacted for themselves a similar role for the
global community of the trans-national corporations against justice
seeking victims.
The global outrage against such sabotage stage-managed under the
guidance of US government that has become evident in the aftermath of
the June 7 verdict merits President Obama's intervention to set
matters right. Taking recourse to judicial escapism instead of acting
to evolve a jurisprudence of liability for corporations gravely
endangers people's trust in democracy everywhere.
The deafening silence of the US president and legislature to ensure
justice to the victims of corporation engineered mass disaster if not
broken would constitute "yet another instance of American imperialism"
in the words of US Judge Keenan who heard the Bhopal case in New York
district court.
Unaccountable and ungovernable corporations are a threat to all the
democracies. If democracy in US and India is indeed non-negotiable, it
merits global efforts to Dow Chemicals and Warren Anderson
accountable. This is required to fix the liability of a trans-national
corporation. In a historic and touching "extraordinary act a foreign
sovereign government seeking justice in an American court", India had
appealed to the democratic judicial system of US for relief in the
matter of industrial disaster of Bhopal caused by a US multinational
corporation. How democratic governments of US and India respond to
provide legal remedy sets a precedent that either legitimises or
delegitamises its very existence.
The government of India filed a suit on September 5, 1986 for damages
in the court of district judge, Bhopal (Regular Civil Suit N. 113/86)
against the US company, Union Carbide Corporation, Connecticut, USA on
behalf of all the persons, who have suffered damages due to Bhopal gas
leak disaster praying for "a decree for punitive damages in an amount
sufficient to deter the defendant Union Carbide and other
multinational corporations involved in similar business activities
from willful, malicious and wanton disregard of the rights and safety
of citizens of India." The Indian government noted in its reply in the
court that Union Carbide's management policies, states that "it is the
general policy of the corporation to secure and maintain effective
management control of an affiliate."
If the US is indeed a democratic state, its constitution is still
alive then it must make corporations like Dow Chemicals and British
Petroleum liable and accountable for their acts of omission and
commission. The following steps are required in US towards that end:
1. The US government should accept the above submission of the
government of India that "the corporation and its subsidiaries are
treated as a unit, without regard to the location of responsibility
within that unit". Consequently, an illegal act by it be deemed as the
act of the corporation, without consideration to its location of
responsibility. The customary alibi of corporations like Dow Chemicals
is an act in sophistry designed to conceal fact of crime and criminals
of the upper-world. The US government should disclose all the trade
secrets of the Union Carbide Corporation and its research and
development centre that Union Carbide operated in Bhopal since 1976
that was suspected to be experimenting with wartime use of chemicals.
This suspicion regarding the disaster being a consequence of
experimenting with war time chemicals is yet to be probed. US
government should undertake and facilitate such probe.
2. The US government must take note of the verdict by the chief
judicial magistrate, Bhopal, wherein it is stated, "Warren Anderson,
UCC USA and UCC Kowlnn Hong Kong are still absconding and therefore,
every part of this case (criminal file) is kept intact along with the
exhibited and un-exhibited documents and the property related to this
case, in safe custody, till their appearance". In the interest of
justice for the Bhopal victims, the US government should expedite the
process of extraditing Anderson at the earliest.
3. Dow Chemicals Company has set aside $2.2 billion to address future
asbestos-related liabilities arising out of the Union Carbide
acquisition. How is that Dow Chemicals can take the asbestos liability
of Union Carbide and not the liability for the industrial catastrophe
in Bhopal? The US government should volunteer its assistance in
ascertaining the Bhopal disaster's inherited liability of Dow
Chemicals Company.
4. The US government should promote acceptance of the resolution of UN
Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights that
approved the 'UN norms on the responsibilities of transnational
corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human
rights' as a step towards ensuring corporate accountability. Article
18 of the norms called on trans-national corporations and other
business enterprises to make reparations for damage done through their
failure to meet the standards spelled out: "Transnational corporations
and other business enterprises shall provide prompt, effective and
adequate reparation to those persons, entities and communities that
have been adversely affected by failures to comply with these norms
through, inter alia, reparations, restitution, compensation and
rehabilitation for any damage done or property taken. In connection
with determining damages, in regard to criminal sanctions, and in all
other respects, these norms shall be applied by national courts and/or
international tribunals, pursuant to national and international law."
5. In memory of victims of Bhopal, the US and Indian governments
should call for a mandatory regime for regulating trans-national
corporations unlike UN's voluntary global compact and reject the
report of the United Nations Secretary-General's Special
Representative for Business and Human Rights wherein it underlined the
need for voluntary regulation and self compliance by the companies
saying, "While corporations may be considered organs of society, they
are specialised economic organs, not democratic public interest
institutions.
If there is one lesson that democracies across the world have clearly
not learnt from industrial disasters, it is to ascertain the nature of
all the genocidal acts of corporations and the very legal design of
the corporation so as to make it genuinely governable by democratic
legislatures. A befitting tribute to victims of Bhopal lies in
learning this lesson in order to prevent future industrial warfare
that irreparably undermines intergenerational equity.
The Cost Of An Indian Life
By Dr. Vispi Jokhi
Twenty-six years ago the people of Bhopal were exposed to a lethal gas
in one of the world's worst industrial accident. But, was it an
accident? The answer is contrary to popular perception a resounding
"No". Because we as a nation have rulers who have devalued our lives
to such an extent that we have not one but many Bhopals which have
occurred in the past, which occur daily and will continue to do so in
the future and we will not even notice or see and raise even a whimper
of protest any of these events.
To just list a few examples I would like to mention more than a lakh
suicides by farmers all over the country, sub-saharan levels of hunger
poverty and destitution, high infant and maternal mortality due to
lack of sanitation and clean drinking water and primary health care
facilities, callous displacement of tribals and the poor in the name
of large dams, factories, mines, SEZ's, factories, ports. I can go on
and on. But is it only the Government who needs to be blamed? Are we
all not guilty with our apathy and complicit acceptance of these
policies of successive governments? Our obsession with GDP, sensex
driven growth has led to wanton destruction of the environment and
massive unrest among the poor and dispossessed masses of India.
Besides the above issues, India loses so many human lives to natural
disasters like floods, earthquakes, drought and such other phenomenon.
All this was accepted as our karma when we were ruled by the
Englishmen, but in 1947 our rulers gave us a constitution which
pronounced that we became a sovereign socialistic secular republic
where all citizens are equal before the law.
Our "chalta hain " attitude and disregard for rule of law and poor
civic sense are responsible for state of our nation today. We need to
turn the mirror to our own faces and correct ourselves. Our non-caring
so long as the issue is not directly related to us is completely wrong
as we must realize that in the welfare of all lies our own welfare.
Discipline, civic sense, compassion for our poor unseen brethren,
moderation in all aspects of life are the stepping stones to reversing
the reasons for the Bhopals. We must put a value to the life of every
Indian and not allow people to become mere statistics. Accountability,
rule of law and equality before law must be the corner stones of the
future path of our nation.
Bhopal is a mere symptom of a deep rooted disease which needs to be
tackled by systemic change and course correction in favor of a
sustainable economic growth pattern based on human happiness sound
ecological principles. I do not see any attempt to do this in all the
sound and fury of the outrage which the Bhopal verdict has elicited
among the middle class.
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