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EVERY rumour spreads at a different speed and covers a different area. My personal scientific research says that nuclear rumours have the greatest potential to cover the largest area in minimum of time. Further studies bring out the fact that any nuclear policy in India has a tremendous ill effect on the semi-illiterate leaders of our country. They get confused when it comes to issue a statement about nuclear development in their state.
Punjab may be reeling under power cuts, but Prakash Singh Badal had voted against the Indo-US nuclear deal. And after that he was again demanding nuclear power for the state. Clearly the nuclear deal has had an adverse effect on his political brain. An illiterate public
also benefits those leaders who want to spread rumours. At one point,
some leaders were spreading rumours, based on hearsay, that the water
from Bhakra River was not good for irrigation because the electricity
had already been churned out of it. You never know in future some
leader may claim that if you study or work under a bulb lit from
nuclear power continuously you are sure to develop headaches or
tumours.
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Former
Chief Minister of Haryana, Om Prakash Chautala, opposed the
construction of a nuclear plant in Fatehabad district saying the plant
would prove detrimental to the voters’ health. He might have feared
that if the voting booths were properly lit by nuclear energy, the
voters, who earlier in the dim light used to press the button on
spectacles by mistake, that is Chautala’s symbol, may see other
options.