Friday, December 15, 2006
V P Singh joins "Singur chorus"
Former prime minister and prominent Left Front ally V.P. Singh met with Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Friday.
Banerjee apprised him of the Singur situation and how 'women and children are tortured there' and 'democratic rights of the people are being curbed'.
She told him that the state government was 'giving the land almost free to the Tatas along with electricity and water'.
'It is a six crop land in many places. It is a model agricultural land. Some industrial units which have come up there have also been asked to leave in favour of the Tatas,' Banerjee said. After meeting Mamata, Singh also voiced his protest against the land acquisition and said that 'free market' theory should also determine the land prices in Singur that has been acquired by the government.
"If every thing has to be in the free market, then land should be acquired in the same way. Thought I am not a supporter of a free market, however, since the private industrialists adhere to this policy then why is it that they go to the government for cost benefits? They should also go to the farmers directly and buy the land from them," he said.
V.P Singh, 10th Prime Minister of India, first made a name for himself in the state Congress Party for his unfailing rectitude, a reputation that he would carry with him throughout his career.
IMO: Well I hope the peasants get a fair deal and I really do not think the world needs more cheap stinky cars. As Tehelka said, what was really needed was more sensible planning - no good reason why new cars should be real pollutants, and Tata may eventually give the peasants a fair go: but it's the pollution we need to leave out and Tata surely has the resources to lead the world on this. They could also make a lot of money with a near-zero pollution vehicle. There is short sightedness and bad judgement all round - a real pity.
Banerjee apprised him of the Singur situation and how 'women and children are tortured there' and 'democratic rights of the people are being curbed'.
She told him that the state government was 'giving the land almost free to the Tatas along with electricity and water'.
'It is a six crop land in many places. It is a model agricultural land. Some industrial units which have come up there have also been asked to leave in favour of the Tatas,' Banerjee said. After meeting Mamata, Singh also voiced his protest against the land acquisition and said that 'free market' theory should also determine the land prices in Singur that has been acquired by the government.
"If every thing has to be in the free market, then land should be acquired in the same way. Thought I am not a supporter of a free market, however, since the private industrialists adhere to this policy then why is it that they go to the government for cost benefits? They should also go to the farmers directly and buy the land from them," he said.
V.P Singh, 10th Prime Minister of India, first made a name for himself in the state Congress Party for his unfailing rectitude, a reputation that he would carry with him throughout his career.
IMO: Well I hope the peasants get a fair deal and I really do not think the world needs more cheap stinky cars. As Tehelka said, what was really needed was more sensible planning - no good reason why new cars should be real pollutants, and Tata may eventually give the peasants a fair go: but it's the pollution we need to leave out and Tata surely has the resources to lead the world on this. They could also make a lot of money with a near-zero pollution vehicle. There is short sightedness and bad judgement all round - a real pity.
# posted by uv : 11:29 AM
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