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In a meeting on Sunday that lasted for almost half an hour, both the leaders discussed the Trinamool’s agitation programme at Singur.
“The state government has to return the 400 acres that it has acquired from the unwilling farmers in Singur. The modalities of it will have to be worked out by the state government itself,” said Mitra. Mamata confirmed that the discussion with Mitra had indeed revolved around Singur.
The Trinamool will be launching a continuous “peaceful” agitation
programme at the Tata small car factory site from August 24.
“We have discussed about the agitation programme with the Krishi Jami Raksha Committee regarding the places where we could hold our camps. We have also spoken to the SUCI
regarding this matter,”
said Partha Chatterjee, leader of the Opposition in the Assembly.
The Trinamool leaders once again reiterated the party’s stance that it was not against industrialisation. “Let the Tatas have its factory where it wants it to be. We are only against the acquisition of the additional land for setting up the ancillary units,” said Chatterjee.
The party demanded that the state government should make the deal public. They have also urged Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to maintain a harmonious atmosphere at Singur by returning the land of the “unwilling” farmers. “Let them first say that they are going to return the land and then we will work out the future course,” Chatterjee said.
Basu wants Mamata to ‘compromise’ on Singur
Veteran CPM leader Jyoti Basu has urged Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to give up her demand on the Tata Motors’ project at Singur. Banerjee has been demanding return of 400 acres of land that was acquired for the car factory to the farmers.
Basu, who visited the CPM headquarters on Alimuddin Street today evening, told mediapersons, “There is no point in pulling down the Tata Motors boundary walls at Singur. Neither the Tatas nor our government will give up our plan for manufacturing the small car at the factory. She (Mamata Banrjee) should compromise with the state administration and settle the issue through negotiations.”
Basu also said that Banerjee had raised the issue when she met him at his Salt Lake residence a few months ago. “She had told me about an alternative 400 acres at Singur. I had referred her demand to our government which ultimately enquired into it and found that the land she was referring to was low lying and could not be given to the farmers,” Basu said.
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