Mamata seeks Central intervention on Singur issue

Banerjee told reporters she would submit all papers to the UPA chairperson on the agreement that provides for return of maximum land from within the Tata Motors car project site at Singur to “unwilling” land-losers, signed in the presence of governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi at Raj Bhavan on September 7.

“We have been demanding implementation of the agreement, but the government is not doing it. The government has lost credibility,” she said.

Banerjee said that she would also meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after he returned from abroad and the president on the Singur issue.

She also ruled out attending an all-party meeting as suggested by WBPCC president P R Dasmunsi and said nothing short of the implementation of the agreement would be acceptable to her party.

Banerjee said that some “agents of the CPI-M” were trying to mislead the people by speaking about all an party meeting on Singur issue. “We will identify those agents,” she said.

“The agreement has to be implemented in toto, there is nothing in between,” she asserted.

She, however, said her party would attend such a meeting if it was convened to discuss the technicalities of the agreement and not to discuss any package. “We are not for any package,” she said.

The Trinamool Congress chief said that the agreement mentioned that maximum land should be returned to “unwilling” farmers from inside the project area and rest from outside.

“We will go to any extent to get the agreement implemented. We are ready to sacrifice our lives,” she said.

She alleged that the state government was trying to promulgate prohibitory orders in Singur during the Puja festival.

“It will be counterproductive, if the government resorts to such a measure,” she said.