Bt brinjal will return

Minister Jairam Ramesh’s choice not to allow bt brinjal is a good gesture for the time being, however, when researchers endorse the use the bt brinjal, the minister would be left with no option other than to allow it. So the present decision is possibly a stop gap arrangement.

In Mararikulam constituency, the Finance minister of Kerala with the people of his party there carried out campaign against bt brihjal by spending rupees in tune with 10 lakh from state exchequer but the net result of the campaign is seemingly little. In future it will be difficult for one to differentiate between bt brinjal and ordinary brinjal as there is every chance for mixing up of both as it had happened to certain fish variety in Kuttanadu water bodies and in that case all the campaign done against bt brinjal would become futile. It is quite difficult for the state to keep vigil on the spread of bt brinjal.

If damages done by bt brinjal to consumer health is the main reason for agitation against it, then it is better to start campaigning against all the food items as most of them are adulterated. Can anyone say the vegetable and fruit now used all over India are unadulterated and harmless?

K A Solaman