Mamata demands President's rule in WB
The trinamool, she said, had called a two-hour road blockade tomorrow.
By PTI |
KOLKATA: Turning down West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's request to call off her hunger strike against the acquisition of farm land at Singur, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday demanded President's rule in the state "to restore rule of law".
"There is total lawlessness and West Bengal is now a fit case for imposition of President's rule in view of the breakdown of the Constitution with people's democratic rights totally curbed," Banerjee, who is on an indefinite fast here to protest alleged police atrocities on farmers at Singur, told workers of her party.
Question the Centre's "thunderous silence" on acquisition of agricultural land for the Tata Motors' small car plant at Singur, she said she would keep President A P J Abdul Kalam abreast of developments arising from the "forcible" acquisition of land and "untold police atrocities" against farmers.
"The respected President will arrive here tomorrow and I will send a memorandum to him through the Krishi Jami Raksha Committee (Committee to Save Farm Land) which has sought an appointment with him at Raj Bhavan," she said.
The trinamool, she said, had called a two-hour road blockade tomorrow instead of a 24-hour one in deference to the presidential visit.
Criticising the chief minister for asking her to end her fast, Banerjee alleged he was using the police to snatch away farm land in Singur. "But in his anxiety, he is asking me to call of my fast.
"Discussions can be held only when the government withdraws the notification for acquiring agricultural land and all those arrested since Saturday are released," she said.
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