BHOPAL, Dec 1 (ANI): Ahead of the 31st anniversary of the devastating Bhopal gas tragedy, a group fighting for justice for the victims accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of being apathetic to their demands. In the early hours of December 03, 1984, around 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas accidentally leaked from a pesticide factory owned by US multinational Union Carbide Corp and was carried by the wind into the surrounding slums in Bhopal. The government recorded 5,295 deaths. Activists estimate at least 25,000 died from illnesses since the leak. Bhopal Group of Information and Action (BGIA) said the incumbent as well as the previous governments have been ignorant to the victims’ demands. Be it the Congress government or a government of the Bhratiya Janata Party (BJP), both of them have followed the policy of being callous towards the victims and protection of the company’s interests. This is the policy that all governments have been following. I think that may be during the regime of BJP this policy is being followed all the more seriously. Many people in the vicinity of the factory still suffer from cancer, blindness, respiratory problems and immune and neurological disorders. If you look at it, at least 0.15 million people are suffering from chronic diseases cau
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