It was the day when
TATA said
Mamta has triggered the gun.
Singur was seen as the bright hope for West Bengal which could create not only thousands of jobs but also uplift the nearby areas of
Singur.
But it didn't happen. At least it's like that for so now.Who's to blame?
Mamta.. I doubt that.
She has just shown the same game the leftists played in Bengal for ages.
To be precise left lost their own battle.
Well it happens. When US economy can turn socialist, why can't a communist turn capitalist.
But these are pure terms and jargon.
When we read the paper or see those gory images of
Singur on our breakfast table we really curse
Mamta for her stupidity.
But for me it looks like blaming the driver of a train put on wrong track by the linesman which caused the accident.
I know villages in Bengal are divided under party lines.
I know if you are not in shelter of left you are going to have a B Grade status.
Mamta challenged that and to her political game plan she has removed the unconditional support regime of villagers earlier given to Left parties.
Time has changed. But the attitude has not.
Singur land row is not new.
TATA and Bengal Govt were well aware of the issue that part of land was forcefully acquired from the beginning.
To be frank I don't know how I would react if somebody asks to vacate my Flat saying it would be turned to a commercial clubhouse.
I may still agree if I get another Flat. But I should be given the option.
Land is the only thing that these poor ,neglected and brushed aside people have.
And its a world wide known fact when its on land , humans are fierce fighters.
Mamta very well knew her plans and perhaps she is doing only for political mileage.
But who will speak for these poor people.
Our well educated channels are busy interviewing corporate bigwigs showing their loss of 1000
crores in the
Singur industry.
I saw hardly 1 channel actually interviewing the farmers.
Perhaps our thought process is too much biased with media.
We like to make a comment sitting in our drawing room.We really don't bother where exactly
Singur is?
And this phenomena is rising everywhere. We are providing the very soft ground required to promote
naxal mindsets among farmers.
What we see in
Orissa is nothing less than that.
People farming are not even having valid docs to prove they own that land.So it becomes very easy to take that land away and gift to some commercial hub.
But we need industrialization don't we?
yes, but only through consensus you can get land.Not on kicking the livelihood of the farmers.
Our right to education bill is not passed in parliament. Today where China has given tremendous impetus on basic health care and education we are lagging far behind.And we don't even bother.
Probably left should see what they have not done to what
Mamta has done.
I doubt educated farmers would have reacted the same way in
Singur.
We are trying to woo the farmers showing lustrous flourishing dreams.
The farmer knows what he has got in his tenure from the government. How can you expect he will agree to your commitment when you can't even commit to make a water or electric supply.
To have the farmers on table the Govt should be credible. And when the Govt is not credible enough Farmers will always be jittery.
But the Govt never wants to have any focus on to gain political commitment.
perhaps that's why we have allowed several chemical factories to set up in different states which can pollute the waters to any extent but provide sufficient tax to the exchequer.
We know industrialization in turn makes the state strong on having more money to spend. but when the State Govt cant even implement their own commitments how are they going to utilize that money.
We want to be a developed country fast. That's the problem. Probably
Amrtya Sen puts it right.
A country's success or development can't be just measured on its
SENSEX or GDP score.
I know I may need a small car to reach office.
But more than that I need assured ration in my house.
When tomatoes are being wasted in one part of the country the other part faces the most steepest cost.
Other than Punjab as a state none of the state has been serious with Farmers.
We need tremendous agricultural reforms. Promote them . Talk about them.
Farmers are those who built our nation to this date. We are among very few countries which faced no famine after our independence.
Protest these groups. Protect our farmers. Let them breathe and live with dignity.
Do not relate them with politics of
Mamta or Left.
We owe much more to them.
I can survive watching my
sensex portfolio crash but I won't survive by importing my food.
Singur was a badly managed project by West Bengal Govt.
Mamta just showed the leakages.
Lets accept this fact and be aware of some basic rights a Farmer can expect from our educated lot.
Its easy to give away 1000 of acres in states with less cultivation, but very difficult in states like Bengal with most of the land cultivable.
Basic education and agricultural reform among farmers is the only key to dive with industrialization in Bengal.
