Monday, March 23, 2009
Mamata Banerjee prefers to ‘ignore’ Nano launch in Mumbai and India should realise it can become the world's first, largest and greatest post-industrial society
Asked about her reaction to the Nano launch, Banerjee, who led a sustained protest against the land acquisition for the Tata Motors’ Nano project in Singur, said she was unperturbed about the event. “This is not our business and we ignore it,” she replied to a question. The Trinamool manifesto said that the party aimed at forming a secular, progressive and stable government at the centre which would focus on economic reforms, industry, agricultural development and adopt pro-people policies. “We want a stable government and thus we are neither with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nor with the newly formed Third Front led by the communists,” Mamata Banerjee told a press conference while releasing the document. She said: “I appeal to all people of West Bengal to vote for the Trinamool Congress-Congress alliance as it is the only alternative in the state against the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Front government.”
IMO: Quite right too. I would point out that the BJP (quite popular in Maharashtra) supported Didi over the Singur campaign and in fact said “We support all agitations directly concerned with farmers and Amarnath pilgrims, anywhere in the country.” As for the Nano, it looks like a nice enough little car, which keeps up with a BMW in Indian traffic. The problem is pollution increases, and IMO India needs to restructure as a post-industrial society. Unlike the USA and China, India has not gone so far as to burn its boats in that regard. Post-industrial societies can lead to pleasure and profit for all, and India is in the strongest position in the world for this to happen. I'll write again about this - Tata actually now intends to introduce an electric version of the Indica in Norway later this year, for example.
Asked about her reaction to the Nano launch, Banerjee, who led a sustained protest against the land acquisition for the Tata Motors’ Nano project in Singur, said she was unperturbed about the event. “This is not our business and we ignore it,” she replied to a question. The Trinamool manifesto said that the party aimed at forming a secular, progressive and stable government at the centre which would focus on economic reforms, industry, agricultural development and adopt pro-people policies. “We want a stable government and thus we are neither with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nor with the newly formed Third Front led by the communists,” Mamata Banerjee told a press conference while releasing the document. She said: “I appeal to all people of West Bengal to vote for the Trinamool Congress-Congress alliance as it is the only alternative in the state against the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Front government.”
IMO: Quite right too. I would point out that the BJP (quite popular in Maharashtra) supported Didi over the Singur campaign and in fact said “We support all agitations directly concerned with farmers and Amarnath pilgrims, anywhere in the country.” As for the Nano, it looks like a nice enough little car, which keeps up with a BMW in Indian traffic. The problem is pollution increases, and IMO India needs to restructure as a post-industrial society. Unlike the USA and China, India has not gone so far as to burn its boats in that regard. Post-industrial societies can lead to pleasure and profit for all, and India is in the strongest position in the world for this to happen. I'll write again about this - Tata actually now intends to introduce an electric version of the Indica in Norway later this year, for example.
# posted by uv : 7:47 AM
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