I am not responsible for the situation, says Mamata
Reacting strongly to Ratan Tata's threat to exit Singur and take the Nano project out of West Bengal, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said, "I am not responsible for the situation."
"Who is indulging in violence," she questioned. She accused the West Bengal government of having "an understanding with the Tatas," and reaffirmed her demand that "people who lost land have to be taken care of."
The main opposition Trinamool Congress in the state is insisting that the company set up operations on 600 acres and return 400 acres of land earmarked for ancillary units to farmers from whom the property was acquired forcibly.
With the state government not relenting to the opposition party's demands, a deadlock has been created leading to tension and violence in the project area.
Image: Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief, addressing a public rally in Kolkata. | Photograph: Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images
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