\nDasmunsi took on the Tata Motors for planning to leave Singur after what he calls \u201cdestruction of acres of land\u201d in the place.
\nHe was speaking at a rally at Sanapara in Hooghly district\u2019s Singur, which is about 40 kilometers from Kolkata.
\n\u201cWe will not accept the fact that Tata Motors want to leave Singur after destroying thousands of acres of land in Singur and the Hooghly River. This is not right on their part,\u201d said the Information and Broadcasting Minister.
\nHe called for fresh efforts to solve the conflict of opinions and interests so that the project is viable and yet does not hurt anyone\u2019s sentiments or legitimate demands.
\nDasmunsi expressed that an all-party meeting should be called to discuss the impasse. The answer, he said, lies in a combination of three formulae – land for land, adequate compensation and employment.
\nInstead of being adamant and insisting on pulling out of the project at Singur, Dasmunsi advised that the Tata Motors administration should seek an acceptable solution.
\nDasmunsi, who is also the president of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress, said the ruling Left Front government should offer better economic compensation to the farmers who had lost their land in Singur.
\nHe called the threat to abandon the Singur project as an irresponsible act that made it look like a child\u2019s play. Citing the numerous constructions and piling work done at the site as a hindrance to cultivation, Dasmunsi said that it would leave the land unfit for cultivation for a long time. So returning the land would serve no purpose at all.
\nTaking on Tata Motors for often repeating the October deadline for rolling out the prestigious Nano car, Dasmunsi criticised the obsession with the scheduled dates.
\nHe said that if October was not feasible, November would still work and that Tata Motors as well as the government should exhibit patience.
\nTata Motors has suspended work at Singur plant where it was supposed to roll out the world\u2019s cheapest car Nano.
\nThe work has been stopped since some of Tata Motors workers were allegedly threatened and manhandled by a section of farmers to protest the acquisition of their land for the Nano project.
\nDasmunsi said the Congress would meet Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi on Monday and discuss the matter with him.
\nFaulting Tata Motors for not having been involved in the discussions at Raj Bhavan brokered by the Governor to find a solution, Dasmunsi said that the West Bengal Industry Minister Nirupam Sen had to explain their absence.
\nDasmunsi also blamed the ruling Left government in the state for politicising the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"