
With West Bengal government on Wednesday rejecting the party8217;s demand for return of 300 acre from the Tata Motors project at Singur, Trinamool Congress accused it of violating the Constitution and demanded central intervention.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee claimed the September 7 agreement on Singur reached between the state government and her party in the presence of Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, had been 8220;violated8221;.
8216;8216;If the state government does not give credence to the commitment made in the agreement in the presence of the constitutional head, then it is a case of violation of the Constitution and it is time that the Centre steps in8217;8217;, she said.
Rejecting chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee8217;s offer of return of 70 acre from within the project site at Singur to 8216;unwilling8217; landlosers, she charged the government had 8216;cheated8217; people by 8216;violating the agreement8217; and reiterated her demand for return of 400 acre.
Countering the chief minister that the government had never agreed to return of 300 acre from within the project site and 100 acre from outside, she said 8216;8216;this is totally untrue and an act of fraud on Singur. This government is visionless and has no idea about industry and agriculture.8217;8217; Claiming that the government had 8216;no moral right to continue in office8217; for flouting the Raj Bhavan agreement, she also claimed that the chief minister had 8216;also closed the door for further talks8217; by not waiting for the Governor to return from Delhi before announcing its fresh package of compensation.