Filling in some crucial blanks in the Warren Anderson affair after senior Congress leaders made certain references to US pressure and the Centre’s involvement, the only surviving Secretary-level officer from those present at the Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary’s all-critical meeting on December 7, 1984 today confirmed that the orders did come from then Chief Minister Arjun Singh, but added that he was acting at the behest of then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
R C Jain, who was Agriculture Secretary in the MP government at the time of the gas leak incident, disclosed this while sharing his account for the first time after the controversy erupted afresh following the Bhopal case verdict.
“Although Mr Arjun Singh had given directions to the Chief Secretary, he was acting under the directions of Rajiv Gandhi who, in turn, was under pressure from the highest levels in the US government,” Jain told The Indian Express.
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