It is time for Bengal Communists to return illegally snatched land from poor farmers before talking any further in Singur: Mamata Bannerjee
Sonali Zinta
Aug. 25, 2008

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday rejected West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's fresh offer of talks to end the Singur deadlock and stuck to her demand that 400 acres be returned immediately to farmers.

It is time for them to first return the land they snatched with force from these poor farmers, the vibrant anti-communist Bengal leader said. The Tatas thought like the oligarchs from Marwar, they could bribe the communists and do anything they like in West Bengal. If Marwar oligarchs can do it, why can’t the Farsi oligarchs? The fact of the matter is the communists of Bengal are ready to deal with any one who can supply them the money they waste in keeping cadres and incompetent Government employees.

Banerjee, speaking from her dharna ''manch''(dais) beside the Tata Motors small car factory in Singur, said Bhattacharjee had earlier backed out from his promise to discuss the Singur issue when she was on a 26-day hunger-strike in Kolkata in 2006.

"A few days after I was admitted to hospital after giving up the fast, he imposed prohibitory orders in Singur and forcibly acquired land from poor farmers," she said.

Threatening to intensify the indefinite dharna launched since Sunday to other parts of the state, Banerjee said, "We are ready to join a discussion, but land should be returned first."

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