Mamata to resist Tata's entry into retail

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Posted: Saturday, Aug 30, 2008 at 1913 hrs IST
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Singur, WB, August 30:: Keeping up her anti-Tata tirade on the seventh day of her party's indefinite dharna, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said that her party would resist the group's presumptive entry into West Bengal's retail sector.

"If the Tatas are allowed to enter the retail sector, it will spell disaster for small traders which Trinamool Congress will resist through movements," Banerjee said from her dharna 'manch' (dais) in Singur near the Durgapur Expressway.

Stating her party's pre-announced programme of holding a rally in Singur on September 1 in support of small retailers, she said it will be a meeting to safeguard the interests of poor retailers already facing hardship in face of entry of large industries into the sector.

Ridiculing the CPM's proposed grand rally in Kolkata on the same day, the Trinamool supremo said, "The Marxists speak against imperialists but are, in effect, backing capitalists' interests just like they are now doing in case of the Tatas."

Banerjee also criticised the CPM for ‘failure’ to build up a movement against mounting inflation ‘which has touched 13 per cent.’

On allegations that her party is blocking the Durgapur Expressway, she said, "We don't want a blockade and are not fools to obstruct our own people from joining our dharna programme. We have not obstructed anybody."

Banerjee, whose party is on indefinite dharna for the seventh day to demand return of 400 acres to 'unwilling' farmers, alleged that instead of solving people's problems, CPM, has 'messed up everything'.

''Starting from Singur to Nandigram and Rizwanur Rehman's mysterious death case, each time the CPM and its government have landed in a mess,'' she claimed.

Meanwhile, Trinamool leader Kalyan Banerjee said that National Highway Authority of India Chairman Avdesh Kumar met them here during the day.

''He made no request to us for lifting our dharna, which we explained to him did not result in blockade of the Durgapur Expressway, as alleged.''

He alleged that the police had been holding up trucks and heavy vehicles from Palsit in Burdwan district to Maheswarpur in Hooghly district resulting in a traffic snarl ‘for which our dharna is not responsible’.

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» Should the civilized word aid the good for nothings?

Posted by anon on 2008-08-31 22:35:46.781586+05:30
The World should stop supporting any anti-provety in states like West Bengal.Logic behind such reasoning is , such leaders are supported by the so-called good for nothing masses and these masses become pillars of resistances to the employment generating capitalists.Why then should the rich and elite care for such good for nothings? Let them Rot in that scum. Better still natue, like the floods and earthqaukes, will eradicate them. And if such scum have to spread to the cities like disease(crime) , the abode of the civilized, then exterminate them without mercy.

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» Tatas r 2stick to Singur .. !!

Posted by aKusari on 2008-08-31 14:02:44.81175+05:30
But .. this time the BengaliMedia has taken stands against these irresponsible Opposition and their Singur "seize" ..!! As youths of the state has come out on streets to block the evil design/s of the 'hooligans'. Once or twice they were successful but may not succeed all time. Enough is enough. Despite all odds, the WB state is in growth path .. all bad and mitivated excusesses may not deter the developments.India is to shine means states are to shine equally. Come to WB and feel the pulse of people here .. they are really jubilant to prosper. Campaign againt WB may not make India shine .. Tatas may not require to leave Singur.

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