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Indian chief minister calls for boycott of London Olympics
Nov 24, 2011, 13:03 GMT
New Delhi - The chief minister of an Indian state has asked the federal government to lodge a strong protest against Dow Chemical Company's sponsorship of the 2012 London Olympic Games and suggested a boycott if the sponsorship continues, news reports said Thursday.
A gas leak at a Union Carbide Corporation plant in Bhopal, capital of Madhya Pradesh state, in 1984 led to the death of at least 3000 people. Union Carbide was taken over by Dow in 2001.
In a letter to federal Sports Minister Ajay Maken, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said it would not be appropriate that a company responsible for such a tragedy should be allowed to sponsor an event like the Olympics, which is expected to be an expression of fair play, the IANS news agency reported.
Chouhan said the liabilities related to the disaster had not been fully settled and were the subject of litigation.
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