By Special Correspondent
KOLKATA: The future of the Tata Motors project at Singur continues to remain under a cloud with leaders of both the ruling Left Front and the Trinamool Congress announcing here on Saturday programmes in support of their respective agendas in the area.
The Trinamool Congress has called for a “march to Singur” on September 16 and will wait till three days later (after Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, who left the city, returns) to announce whether or not it will revive its agitation if the government fails to “abide by the gentleman’s agreement” to respond to demands of farmers who have not accepted compensation for their land acquired for the project.
The party and its allies had called off its 15-day siege of the project area on the night of September 7.
The Left Front has decided to launch a statewide campaign in support of the project from Sunday and to organise a rally at Singur on Monday in which senior Left leaders will be present.
A day after talks between Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee fell through, the Governor, in a statement, said that “given the will a solution can still be found in a manner that accords with the law.”
Mr. Gandhi said the solution could be arrived at in a manner that “safeguards the interests of farmers, of the small car factory and, going beyond, help in establishing the farm-factory balance that we so vitally need.”
“Through the Singur discussions on September 5, 6 and 7, I saw earnest participants showing a rare spirit of accommodation. That spirit needs to be operationalised,” the Governor said.
At an emergency meeting of Left Front leaders it was decided that not more than the 70 acres of land from within the project site area could be provided to farmers who have not taken compensation as had been suggested by the Chief Minister at his meeting with Ms. Banerjee on Friday.
An attractive monetary package had also been placed by Mr. Bhattacharjee at the meeting that included an extra 50 per cent of the compensation price to be given to all land-losers — both willing and unwilling.
Proposals for 300 days wage for unrecorded bargadars (share croppers) and wage labourers, government jobs to a member of each of the families who have given away land, with those who have taken training getting priority, are also among those incorporated in the package.
Ms. Banerjee described the proposals as “one-sided and unilateral” and reiterated her demand that the understanding arrived at between the two sides in the presence of the Governor on September 7 be “honoured by the State government.” (END) Source : The Hindu
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