Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Mamata defers bandh
Mamata defers bandh - but will it ever happen ?
Fasting Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who had called a 48-hour shutdown from Dec 21 over the handing over of land for a Tata Motors factory in Singur, Wednesday deferred the general strike keeping in mind the Christmas festival. However, Banerjee warned the industrial house against setting up the project in the disputed land.
Comparing the Tatas with the East India Company, Banerjee said: 'I warn Tatas against building their plant at Singur. You cannot do that so long as we are alive. We will not allow that.' 'don't force the farmers to shift from their fertile fields'
There may be a CBI probe into the death of Tapasi Malik, whose charred body was found inside the fenced off land acquired for Tata Motors in Singur.
IMO: Tata is still quite a good firm, seems rather a pity. But why use good land to destroy the enviroment and rip off the peasants yet again. But I do not see Mamata's success in view, it looks more to me like being an Indian Tiannaman Square, but that effect may be long term.
By the way, I don't notice the bandh mentioned on 'Google India'.
Fasting Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who had called a 48-hour shutdown from Dec 21 over the handing over of land for a Tata Motors factory in Singur, Wednesday deferred the general strike keeping in mind the Christmas festival. However, Banerjee warned the industrial house against setting up the project in the disputed land.
Comparing the Tatas with the East India Company, Banerjee said: 'I warn Tatas against building their plant at Singur. You cannot do that so long as we are alive. We will not allow that.' 'don't force the farmers to shift from their fertile fields'
There may be a CBI probe into the death of Tapasi Malik, whose charred body was found inside the fenced off land acquired for Tata Motors in Singur.
IMO: Tata is still quite a good firm, seems rather a pity. But why use good land to destroy the enviroment and rip off the peasants yet again. But I do not see Mamata's success in view, it looks more to me like being an Indian Tiannaman Square, but that effect may be long term.
By the way, I don't notice the bandh mentioned on 'Google India'.
# posted by uv : 10:33 PM
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