2 top scientists come out in support of Madhavan Nair

February 02, 2012 16:50

Two top scientists today slammed the blacklisting of former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three others over the Antrix-Devas deal and demanded that reports of two expert committees on the issue be made public.

"It's ridiculous in a democracy. What kind of democracy are we running," rued former ISRO chief Prof UR Rao. "If there is something wrong, please go ahead and take action (against them). You don't give them a chance to defend themselves?...Under what circumstances they agreed (for the deal) and so on. What country are we running? On what basis they have taken action," he told PTI.

Eminent nuclear scientist MR Srinivasan asked, "Are these scientists solely responsible? Are there others also? Who were the others in the decision-making loop? Has responsibility placed on them also?" the former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission said. "Why action only against the scientists and not others also?"

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