West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will distribute cheques 800 Singur farmers on Wednesday after the Supreme Court dismissed the Singur land acquisition.
The Supreme Court, on August 31, had canceled the Singur land acquisition deal which was acquired by the previous Left government in West Bengal in 2006 for the Nano plant of the Tata Motors.
The court also confirmed that the farmers need to return the compensation they received from the government as they all were fighting the case in difficult conditions fro a decade.
However, former state Congress president, Pradip Bhattacharya has questioned the government’s move and said, “This government has decided to distribute the cheques to unwilling farmers and the Chief Minister herself would be going there to do so. That is one part of this story. But the other part of the story is what would be the fate of the land.”
He further added, “It is fine now they are distributing cheques. Why they delayed this for six months? Who suffered because of all this? It’s Bengal people. Therefore I do not understand for how long this drama would continue.”
By Prajakt K
