New Delhi: The all-India co-convenor of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, Ashwini Mahajan, accused the BJP-led NDA government of “deceiving the people.”
He said that “neither the Centre nor the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has disclosed as yet the contents of the promised scientific evaluation, if any, or what changed between April 7, 2014 (the day the BJP released its election manifesto) and July 18, 2014, when the field trials of GM food crops were approved.”
Hinting that the Modi government was playing to gallery of private players with vested interests, the SJM asked the Centre to probe the likely impact of GM crops.
The SJM said that the government should “not rely on the biased and manipulated reports of vested interests among the industry and institute enquiries about the likely impact of GM food crops on soil, human and other species’ health to ensure that no harm is done to the traditional gene pool, biodiversity of the nation, soil, food security and health of the people of India.”
