Citizens’ Research Collective on SEZ

KOLKATA, May 25, 2008: Mr Jyoti Basu, veteran CPI-M leader today made it clear the state government is in no mood to return 400 acres of the land for the Tata small car unit to farmers as demanded by Trinamul chief Miss Mamata Banerjee. He said this after attending the party’s state committee meeting on the recent poll debacle. He reiterated what Mr Nirupam Sen, state industry minister said, “there is no roll back in the state’s industrialisation policy”.

Mr Kshiti Goswami, state _PWD minister and RSP senior leader today said the state government should reconsider the industrialisation policy as the poll results show the disapproval of the voters against the state government’s acquisition of farmland. Mr Basu said, “There is no question of returning 400 acres of land, then how will the automobile industry come up? We need industry and if the Opposition is try
to stall the work by sabotage then people across the state will realise the Opposition does not want development, they are basically opportunists and have defeated our candidates by forming a grand alliance.”He said dialogues on compensation could be resumed.

Mr Subhas Chakroborty, state transport minister, said the poll result would not stall the industrialisation process but “we have to convey this to people”.

Source: Statesman News Service