Singur row: 'Delay will result in Tatas leaving WB'
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday bluntly said the Tatas would leave the state if there is any further delay in accepting the new rehabilitation package for Singur farmers.
By PTI |
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday bluntly said the Tatas would leave the state if there is any further delay in accepting the new rehabilitation package for Singur farmers.
The chief minister, who a day earlier met Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi to inform him that he was open for talks with the Trinamool Congress on the new package, appealed to the opposition parties to withdraw their agitation.
The new rehabilitation package provides for 70 acres of land from within the project area and compensation.
"I appeal to the opposition parties to accept the government's package on the land acquisition at Singur for the Tata Motors factory and withdraw the agitation. If there is any further delay this project will leave West Bengal," he said in a statement.
The chief minister's statement came in the backdrop of a number of states offering land and incentives to Tata Motors to set up the Nano project.
"The project will go out of West Bengal if there is further delay, therefore without any more loss of time Tata Motors and ancillary units should be given the opportunity to resume work at Singur," he said.
"Let all of us take the initiative to successfully implement this promising project in the interest of the state, the entire people of Singur and future generations," he said.
While the government and the opposition locked horns over the land agreement on September 7 at the Raj Bhavan, the Governor on Saturday urged both sides "to persevere with their discussion in the interest of a solution."
The chief minister has not softened his stand on return of land beyond 70 acres from within the project area, while the Trinamool Congress has demanded return of 300 acres from within and 100 acres from outside to "unwilling" land-losers.
Work at the Tata Motors Nano project at Singur stopped after labourers on their way to an ancillary unit and a trolley van-puller were assaulted on August 27 allegedly by Trinamool workers who had laid siege to the small car factory demanding that 400 acres be returned to landlosers who were unwilling to part with their land.
On September 2, Tata Motors said that it was constrained to suspend construction and commissioning work at Singur in view of the continued confrontation and agitation at the site.
The 'dharna' was lifted following a meeting between Bhattacharjee and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in the presence of Governor on September 7. Work at the Tata Motors factory has, however, not resumed.
The chief minister, who a day earlier met Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi to inform him that he was open for talks with the Trinamool Congress on the new package, appealed to the opposition parties to withdraw their agitation.
The new rehabilitation package provides for 70 acres of land from within the project area and compensation.
"I appeal to the opposition parties to accept the government's package on the land acquisition at Singur for the Tata Motors factory and withdraw the agitation. If there is any further delay this project will leave West Bengal," he said in a statement.
The chief minister's statement came in the backdrop of a number of states offering land and incentives to Tata Motors to set up the Nano project.
"The project will go out of West Bengal if there is further delay, therefore without any more loss of time Tata Motors and ancillary units should be given the opportunity to resume work at Singur," he said.
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"Let all of us take the initiative to successfully implement this promising project in the interest of the state, the entire people of Singur and future generations," he said.
While the government and the opposition locked horns over the land agreement on September 7 at the Raj Bhavan, the Governor on Saturday urged both sides "to persevere with their discussion in the interest of a solution."
The chief minister has not softened his stand on return of land beyond 70 acres from within the project area, while the Trinamool Congress has demanded return of 300 acres from within and 100 acres from outside to "unwilling" land-losers.
Work at the Tata Motors Nano project at Singur stopped after labourers on their way to an ancillary unit and a trolley van-puller were assaulted on August 27 allegedly by Trinamool workers who had laid siege to the small car factory demanding that 400 acres be returned to landlosers who were unwilling to part with their land.
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On September 2, Tata Motors said that it was constrained to suspend construction and commissioning work at Singur in view of the continued confrontation and agitation at the site.
The 'dharna' was lifted following a meeting between Bhattacharjee and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in the presence of Governor on September 7. Work at the Tata Motors factory has, however, not resumed.
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