Eminent scientists from the fields of agriculture, biotechnology and medicine wrote to Mr Kapil Sibal, Minister for Science & Technology, Government of India, urging him to refrain from being pro-GM in his stand and to become scientific and democratic in his understanding of the technology and its implications. They were responding to the Minister’s statements to a national television channel recently. They pointed out that a recent UN study shows that India, like many other developing countries, is vulnerable to bio-terrorism attacks given the lack of technical, policy and enforcement capacities related to modern biotechnologies.