Olympics: India not considering Olympic boycott

NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) are not considering boycotting the London Olympics despite local demands to do so over a Games sponsorship deal with Dow Chemical, according to IOA acting-president Vijay Kumar Malhotra. Dow bought US chemical firm Union Carbide, whose Bhopal plant in Madhya Pradesh leaked toxic gases in 1984, resulting in the world’s worst industrial accident. “We are meeting next week but it’s not about boycotting the games,” said Malhotra.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 29^th, 2011.