Well Done Buddha – Great Work On Nandigram

We all condemn violence - be it in Nandigram or anywhere across the world. But, violence is a necessity at times. When we defend our border with Pakistan or wage a violent war for a barren hill called Kargil, then it takes the flavor of nationalism and patriotism. Then why are Nandigram and Buddhadeb being criticized? Nandigram is not a barren hill, and much worth fighting for. And the enemy here is Maoists and criminals of Trinamool Congress who had laid siege over the area since the last 10 months. Buddhadeb has shown considerable patience to try and reason with these elements to leave the area, but finally he had no choice. The State Police Intelligence report had clearly shown the influx of the Maoists. They had been training the goonda elements in warfare. Buddha did what he should have done much before. Cleanse the dirt. What choice does anybody have, if armed criminals enter your house and throw you out proclaiming your house as their own? Anybody will take to arms to clean them up. Well done Buddha.

As for the Intellectuals, who stay closeted in Kolkatta and have no contact with the ground reality, I only ask them – Where were they when the Maoists and Trinamool criminals were ravaging Nandigram ten months back?

Mamata Banerjee puts her foot in her mouth again!

The Fire in Reichstag ,set by the Nazi party, in 1933 depicts a beautiful application of Goebels theory of propagating lie. Communists were blamed for that incident which provided the Nazis a golden opportunity of massive scale annihilation of the commies. Right-wing groups have been following Goebels from then on.
But sometimes copying becomes caricature. And it may also happen that people are sick of the clown! Then, unfortunately, the show does not have any spectator. Still, the show must go on! But what our Goebels , or his caricature, does not understand is that the show might not be entertaining to the grass root population.
What is happening in Nandigram?a depiction of such goebelsian application. No chemical hub will be set up. The official declaration assured us again and again. Still, 1500 people are out of home for the last 11 months. Compelled to live in the camp, under the sky, with undescribable sufferings. Durgapuja passed, the children there could not participate. Their only crime is of belonging to a CPIM supporter’s family.Schools have been closed for a long time.The panchayet could not run its work. And all these tasks are being executed in the name of protecting land, whereas the official declaration was made six months ago that no land will be taken.
The main goal of Mamata Banerjee is the coming panchayet election. Shubhendu Adhikary has openly admitted the fact that this ‘struggle’ would continue until the election. Arms are being supplied in lot, goons are hired from Jharkhand. A planned programme of exterminating each and every CPIM supporter in Nandigram has been taken on . Our Naxalite friends are also overjoyed to see the achievement of TMC what they could not do, the achievement of murdering the family of every CPIM supporter. The CPIM supporters were scared to death, TMC [alias BUPC] was satisfied with its reign of terror, and the ultras have been rejoicing the achievement of their newly-found friend. So far, so good!
But Ranichowk toppled the calculation. For the first time the tortured mass is awake. They want to go back home, to maintain a regular life. When TMC supporters were making an attempt to take hold of that region, united resistance from the villagers fought hard to death against them. A TMC goon was killed in his own bullet. Finally, BUPC were compelled to retreat. For the first time in 11 months, the organized violence faced a mass resistance. NO police, no party cadres, but spontaneous reaction from common people. We don’t know what our fire-brand revolutionary friends would say [perhaps they are very worried in the failure of their ally], but we know that the terror created by TMC must face more and more of such resistance. Every road has an end. The game was started by TMC. The price of the bride must be paid by them.
And then comes the most comic episode in that whole incident. Mamata Banerjee screamed that she was targeted to be killed as she alleged a bullet was fired from a CPM office at her convoy when she was travelling in a car in violence-hit Nandigram. She also showed the empty cartridge. And the comedy starts from there!
• When a bullet is fired, the open cartridge does not go with the bullet. It rather falls in the ground where the bullet was fired from. How did Mamata Banerjee find the cartridge? Did it fly to her, or the shooter, after firing, went to her and presented the cartridge as a memento?
• The road by which the convoy was running, has riverlets in its two sides. If the shooter was at the other side of the riverlet, why would he throw the cartridge across the road? To prove the existence of firing?
• If we admit the fact that the shooter was on the road and ran away after firing, then the question is: how could he? That area was known to be BUPC bastion. He fired, then fled, and the BUPC watchers let him to do that? Or is it a planned act from the part of BUPC itself? [Herr goebels! Herr Reikhstag!]
• How come no one heard the sound of firing? Even the Z-category security personnel of Mamata Banerjee could not! Only Banerjee and Shubhendu Adhikary came to know the fact that there was a shooter, appointed by CPIM, to kill the supremo! Perhaps the shooter told them himself!
• The convoy stopped on Tekhali bridge and Mamata got out of the car,pointed to the road [some cartridges were there] and screamed that she was targeted. How come the firing took place before she arrived there, if it was targeted to her? How did she know that some cartridges would be there on the Tekhali road?
All these have only one satisfactory answer. It was a got-up game played on the basis of creating more terror.
This time the homework of TMC was not satisfactory. The above-mentioned questions are very basic facts that are clear to even a child. Unfortunately, TMC started the comedy without any groundwork! Intellectual level of that party is very high, we understand!
History proves that copying is always carried out by the most sub-standard follower. TMC is the most substandard follower of Fascism, and that is why its copy of the Reikhstag incident has been a mere caricature. Marx once mentioned that history repeats itself, as a tragedy for the first time and as a comedy for the second. But even we could not believe that the Reikhstag tragedy will come down to such a third graded comedy! Mamata Banerjee might take a lesson of Fascism from her ally BJP and RSS. We hope to see our ultra-left friends, too, in that class!
If Mamata Banerjee thinks that by propagating the lie she can take hold of panchayet election, then, we are sorry to say, she is wrong. Villagers in Ranichowk showed how the mass resistance can drive away the reactionaries and hooligans. Yes, the game must go on, and it has started just now! The real game. Until now, the game has been one sided. BUPC has been dancing in the empty field. Now the other side started to take part. The one sided carnival is over. The chess, started by TMC, must be continued until the checkmate. People are rising, realizing to fight unto the last. TMC must face the consequence. The price of the bride in the chess has been paid and accepted. But there would be no wedding until the player’s admission of capitulation. It is the fight between TMC and the common people. Ranichowk started to counter, and this will go on until TMC places the tip of one forefinger on top of the crown of its king. Ultimately the people shall be victorious, we know.

Is Mamata Banerjee ready to accept this fact?

Mamata Bannerjee - Leader of anarchy

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We wonder, how much is the cost to the government exchequer for all the bandhs that Mamata Bannerjee keeps on calling. This is apart from the cost that the common man at the end dishes out indirectly owing to damage to public and private property.

This is not the road to development Mamata.

Is Mamata Hand in Glove with Maoists???

Is - Mamata Hand in Glove with Maoists?


It would not surprise anybody. Knowing Mamata and her ways - her joining hands with the Maoists could be a possibility. Mamata has a one-point programme. To oust the Red Govt. and somehow come to power herself. She will not stop at anything to realize her mega ambition. If she have had any sense, by now she would be aware that her dream to rule is beyond bounds – atleast in this birth of hers. Maybe next time around.

But, the thought of her joining in with Maoists is a scary thought, which will endanger the lives of millions in Bengal. Please find below media reports which have emerged out of the IB report.

According to intelligence reports, the Maoists are helping out villagers with arms and ammunition

KOLKATA: In a significant breakthrough, the intelligence branch (IB) of the West Bengal police have come to know how arms and ammunition are being sent to activists of Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee (land eviction resistance committee) that is spearheading a movement to retain control over Nandigram.
What is even more alarming, according to IB findings, is that their firepower has increased significantly over the past three months. This is due to uninterrupted supply of sophisticated arms by Maoist guerrillas. The IB report has further pointed out that a group of six Maoist explosives and firearms specialists have already reached Nandigram to train the activists.
According to IB sources, all six members of the group are in the most-wanted category, with several cases of murder against them. The six-member team includes Ranjit Pal, Gauranga Chakraborty and Sangita Pal, all of whom are wanted for a series of insurgency activities in the districts of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia.
As per the IB findings, apart from country-made single shooter guns, muskets and revolvers, the committee is in procession of at least two AK47 rifles, three self-loading rifles and over 60 mortars of various ranges. “All of these came into Nandigram is different consignments along with the Maoist guerrillas. We suspect that these Maoists have also brought to Nandigram the high quality explosive Neogel 90 along with them,” a senior IB official said.
The IB has also secured information that these sophisticated arms are not supplied free by the Maoists. “We have come to know that Maoists are selling these items at a nominal cost to the committee activists. However, we are not yet sure who is proving the funds,” the IB official said.

Mamata Bannerjee - Time to EXIT

We have been saying this for a long long time. But now the others too have joined us. Finally the mainstream media too is fed up with Mamata and her monkey tricks. Today we just copy + paste the editorial that has appeared in one of the key Bengali publications -Aajkal - and that too in the Editorial :

Aajkaal Editorial 05.10.2007 – "Man Made"

The West Bengal government is facing lot of problem to pursue industrialization. Some in the government are also creating trouble, but we are not going to discuss that now. The main opposition party, Trinamool Congress wants industrialization, but not in the Left rule. It's ok if it's happening in Andhra, Gujarat or Tamil Nadu, but not here. The people of Nandigram would have been benefited most had a big industry come to Nandigram. And along with it, West Bengal. But there was a dangerous opposition which resulted in bloodshed. Sad history. It is already clear that the local people are going to be benefited from the Singur factory. It would be beneficial to the state in long run. There is trouble even there. Cheers if the factory is flooded by torrential rain. Efforts are on to break the wall on the days of calamity. As if the state government is to blame for the large number of police presence there! The mystery of Rizan's death. The government or the CPM does not have any interest or role there. But, the Chief Minister and CPM are still being targeted. Allegations against corruption of ration dealers. There should be an investigation. Trinamool is terming it as "Ration Scam". The minister in charge is not CPM. But CPM is still being attacked. The opposition leader of the state, Ms Mamata Banerjee has said that Buddhadev Bhattacharya- Biman Bose aerated the recent flood situation in Bengal to divert attention from Nandigram, Singur, Ration, Rizwan. Yes, she has again uttered that word 'man made'. As if floods in the districts would increase CPM's vote share. When the Chief Minister, Finance Minister and Minster for Relief are visiting the flood affected areas, the Trinamool leader is looking for vote from the disaster. She doesn't have the heart to go and visit the distressed people, to support the development drive in the state – she is always looking at votes. What to do? That she is the opposition leader is also man made. Some of these 'men' are supposedly 'responsible'!.

Mamata and her Singur false statements

Mamata Bannerjee–lies –Singur suicide –more lies

That Mamata Banerjee is the epitome of opportunism and falsehood is a bygone conclusion, but now she is the new avatar of disruption of life for all Kolkattans. She at once grabs any event that can be twisted and turned for some political mileage and she will go no ends to assert that the situation is grave. Her new mantra is – Raasta Rocko.

Just the other day a man, fed up with his situation of penury and a unstable marriage, wherein he suspected his wife to be philandering other village men broke down and took the extreme step of committing suicide. The poor man hung himself from a guava tree outside his house. A sad case indeed. Sad, as a precious human life was ebbed out. Unfortunately suicides have become a regular routine event in our country and not a single day passes with one not being recorded.

But, then comes the twist in the tale. The man who died was a resident of Singur. This information was enough cannon fodder for a Mamata. She immediately went into whirlwind action and termed the suicide as a Murder. Her justification – the tata motor car plant that was coming up at singur had resulted in that mans loosing his land and this unhappiness spurred him to take the extreme step. Sadly, her claim bust within minutes, when it became public knowledge that the man belonged to a poor family, who never owned any land and that he used to work in a steel company at Kumarkundu. Not to be outdone, Mamata claimed that before he worked in Kumarkundu, he was a sharecropper, tilling the land of other farmers, and that he lost his job as those farmers sold their land. Now, how can anyone argue with such nonsense? For one, the man was earning five times the amount he ever made working as a sharecropper. Finally, with the public smirking at Mamata and the media avoiding her, mamata called for a Raasta Rocko in Kolkatta. All Kolkattans received this news with dread, as it obstructed their life. The choked streets of Kolkatta if stopped further results in huge traffic jams disrupting the life of all commuters. The irritation was evident when one overheard people on the streets commenting that – some bugger commits suicide in some far flung place, and this stupid woman brings our life to a standstill. Sadly a loss of life was being derided owing to stunts by Mamata.

We can only advise Mamata, to pay heed to public sentiments otherwise the mantle of a politician that she is still donning will slip out very soon.

Mamata Banerjee = No Ideology

Trinamool Congress - The Party Has No Manifesto
Dear Readers,

Yesterday, we signed off with the note as to how opportunist Mamata is, and if at all her existence had any ideology. So to be fair, we conducted an in-depth online search and we came up with few gems, which only Mamata and Trinamool could have offered.The party has online presence and it can be found on the URL - http://www.trinamoolcongress.com/

Amazingly, while all kinds of categories have been created under many heads, the site does not have any mention of the party manifesto or ideology. Though a section called –‘Party Constitution’ is present, but has a vague two introductory paragraphs of what the party stands for. Apart from those 12 lines the rest of the document is on – How to become a party member etc etc. Obviously a party that came into being trying to broker power had to be without any ideology.

We paste below the two skimpy paragraphs that describe the philosophy of this party. It is word obese and its vagueness will surely bring upon a smile. So Cheers here we go –

AIM

Article I - The aim of the Party shall be to make all round development of India in the political, economic, industrial, social, cultural, agricultural sectors and to establish India as global power keeping in view the multilingual, multifaceted, multiethnic, rich culture and heritage of India.

Objective

Article II - The objective of the Party shall be (a) To uphold and adhere, with true faith and allegiance, to the Constitution of India as by law established.(b) To uphold and work for the furtherence of the principles of Nationalism, Socialism, Secularism and Democrary. (c) To eradicate illeteracy, poverty and injustice and cause upliftment of the downtrodden by ensuring social equality, awakening of the masses by peaceful means, movement and participation in the lawful electoral process.

We leave you today at this, but for more laughs you can log on to the Trinamool website and enjoy.

Mamata - The most corrupted ideology

Mamata - The new breed of Aaya Ram & Gaya Ram

We had heard of the concept of Aaya Ram & Gaya Ram’s, but thought that by dint of certain parliamentary processes and laws the same had become a past tense. However we were brutally shocked to realize that some power hungry politicos still are practicing the same formula albeit in a subtle way, though shameless about it. So shameless, that they have the audacity to try and justify it to the common voter. But the question is - who could be that politician, who is so power hungry, who is bereft of any ideology and is leading the common man to darkness and doom.Our fear came true when the one and only name that cropped up was – Mamata Banerjee. Not that anybody had ever underestimated her. She is the shining light of senseless blabber, total lack of any vision and ideology. But that she would stoop so low? Even we were surprised.Here was Mamata, all joining the NDA. And why? – The most stupid reason she had proclaimed then - Out of sheer respect for Atal Bihari Vajpayee. We wonder was it Bajpayee or was it because BJP was in power? Today BJP is in a bad shape and the electoral equations have changed. So now Mamata does a somersault and is flirting up the Congress. She feels that the fallout among the Congress and Left over the Nuclear Deal has a window opening. The bad Congress and Left relations mean that she could win some seats in West Bengal with Congress support. Additionally BJP has a Hindutva face – A big NO No when it comes to Muslim votes. So disassociating with NDA reflects as her being Pro Muslim. But sadly Mamata, every Indian can see through the charade you are trying to play. We sympathise with the gullible TMC followers in the interiors who are too innocent to see through this rigmarole game of yours and understand that all you want is a piece of power for your own benefit. And that’s all you care or ever cared for - your own Self.We just hope may God give the simple folk the understanding to see through your chameleon colors.We shall be back again with more power hungry moves of Mamata as she commits the transgressions, which she almost does on a daily basis. We sign off till then dear readers.

YET ANOTHER BATTLE LOST FOR MAMATA

More Good News For West Bengal – Chemical Hub



It was a sigh of relief for lakhs of Bengalis across the state when the All party Meet on the proposed chemical hub, came to an end on 3rd Sept. People had been waiting for some good news and it came – All the political parties in the state had given their go ahead for the chemical hub, and now it was to be set up in Nayachar. Smiles lit up on every face as this news poured in. For Bengal, this was the next piece of - Good News, the last being – when the Tata’s chose the state for their small car unit. The go ahead for the chemical hub, translates for the common man as - more employment, more money and better infrastructure. In a nutshell a better lifestyle - a lifestyle that everyone wants to have – a standard of living which today more then half of the population are enjoying in the central, northern and southern parts of the country, but Bengal is still aspiring for it. The sole reason – Industrialization, which in turn brings in overall progress, has escaped Bengal. But now it seems everything will change for a better Bengal. But surely, you will always have one detractor – Mamata Bannerjee who would throw mud at any attempt towards progress for West Bengal.But by now, the people of Bengal have realized what’s good for them, and don’t pay heed to useless canker thrown up by self styled activists and politicians. At the end - empty words don’t feed anybody.

To know more about the proposed chemical hub, we took upon ourselves to send a questionnaire to chemical scientists and await the answers. Once the answers are in we shall post it for all of you.

Singur Gone & now Nandigram going - - - -- - --

In any democracy, people have the last word. Whatever be the issues raised, whatever points made by all opposing candidates and parties, the end result is the indicator as to the wish of the people. The “blown out of proportion” problems created by Trinamool and its leader – Mamata Bannerjee has now taken the ultimate beating - that of the people. Clearly the people have voted for the Tata small car factory in Singur and given their -Go Ahead - for the SEZ, which had to be stalled few months back.How else can one explain the panchayat elections 2 months back and the municipal elections declared just yesterday? In the Panchayat elections, Trinamool suffered a backlash they had not even dreamt of. Maximum seats were won by the CPI (M). – (You can get the complete details in a previous blog written then). And now, the just held municipal elections have sounded the death knell for opposing the SEZ at Haldia. Out of a total 25 wards, the Trinamool had trumpeted a clean sweep. But, Alas! The people decided otherwise. Out of 25 seats, CPI (M) bagged an overwhelming 17 and their front partner CPI won 2 seats, thus taking the total to 19 seats. This victory has great significance as the Left Front had campaigned on the plank of industrialization and development, while the opposition Trinamool took the high road and highlighted the police firing in Nandigram and the govt’s. “ So called forcible” acquisition of land in Singur for Tata Motor’s small car plant. The people have given their choice - industrialization and development is what they want.And though, Mamata may try to belittle this win by terming it as local and only at the municipal level and not state level – then she would have missed the point totally. It’s at the grassroots level. The issue was raised at the grassroots and is now dying at the grassroots.

For the Trinamool and Mamata the oracle is very clear – Bow out, before you are Thrown out.

Singur Project crucial for Bengal, says Minister

Singur Project crucial for Bengal, says Minister
The Tata small car project at Singur holds the key to an estimated Rs 50,000 crore investment into West Bengal, said the state's industries minister Nirupam Sen on Monday. Sen maintained that West Bengal would get substantial investment within a year of the small car project starting off. But he agreed that the local opposition to the project would have to end first.Criticising those opposed to the industrialisation of the state, Sen said those opposing the project had simply refused to listen to the appeal of chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya."I did not expect that a manufacturing unit would be opposed by opposition parties. Earlier we used to be attacked by the same people who said that despite being in power for 30 years, we have failed attract a single automobile manufacturer," said Sen.He explained that the state government had managed to bring Tata Motors to West Bengal when the Tatas had almost decided to set up the plant at Uttrakhand due to fiscal sops the state offered. "We managed to match them. I cannot divulge the financial details," said Sen and added, "I have taken a calculated risk." He said the officers in his ministry worked hard for six months with the Tata Motors management to hammer out a mutually acceptable agreement.Sen also pointed that the state government has already tied up an investment of about Rs 2,000-Rs 5,000 crore for 2007-08, which is about Rs 3,000 crore more than last year. Further, a number of new ventures are in pipeline that amount to more than Rs 50,000 crore. This is in addition to the total investment of Rs 50,000 crore spread across various industries that have started production, he said.When quizzed about the steps taken by the government to improve the investment climate and promote industrialization following the strong opposition, in Nandigram and Singur, Sen said that the thrust is to build the consensus from the lowest level. "We have asked the District Magistrates to engage people from the lowest level of the administration to build a consensus on industrialisation," said Sen.We are sure Mamata doesnt agree. Well for her, the govt. which has been ruling Bengal for 30 years by will of the people are fools and do not know how to run the state and specifically do not understand what is best for the people. Well, its time you read the pulse of the people Mamata.

Tata's educate the people of Singur. What have you done Mamata?

Singur Trainees eligible for Employment on successful completion of Training


We spoke to Tata Motors and what more can you expect Mamata? Its easy to crticise. Can you even give employment to 1 person Mamata ? ?


The Tata Motors' operation in Singur is expected to create employment in excess of 10,000 direct and indirect jobs within the plant, amongst vendors and service providers in the vicinity. The company, West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) and the West Bengal Government have jointly undertaken several initiatives to train youth, from the singur villages. When contacted, Tata Motors spokesperson said that " if they successfully clear the training and related tests, they will become eligible for employment."



The Youth from Singur villages who are being trained had earlier registered with the WBIDC to improve their employability.

This exercise on training/improvement in skills for employability started in December 2006 with a focus on ITI-trained youth from the Singur villages. About 36 such youth were found and called for tests, and 17 from among them have been selected and placed in Tata Motors' Jamshedpur facility for extensive 6-month training. Tata Motors has been providing them with hostel facilities and also a monthly stipend during the 6-month period. On successful completion of the training programme and other related tests, they will be eligible for employment in the Small Car project in Singur.


On April 25, 2007, taking such initiatives forward, the Government of West Bengal's Department of Technical Education & Training (DTET), the WBIDC and Tata Motors had signed a memorandum of understanding for an even more extensive training programme for a larger number of Singur residents. The programme includes a 9-month course for freshers, and a 6-month course for those Singur residents whom the WBIDC had earlier begun to train at the Ramakrishna Shilpa Mandir, of the Ramakrishna Mission (Belur Math), Howrah District of the state. To begin with, this initiative is benefitting about 340 individuals, with various educational qualifications.

These two programmes are being run at the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Howrah Homes, Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Hooghly, and the Ramakrishna Shilpa Mandir. The syllabus has been prepared by the Directorate of Industrial Training in consultation with Tata Motors and approved by the State Council of Vocational Training (SCVT), West Bengal. The expenses for the programme at the two ITIs are being equally funded by the WBIDC and Tata Motors. Tata Motors will help the ITI's, where the youth are under training, with equipment and also train, if necessary, the trainers. The expenses for the programme at the Ramakrishna Shilpa Mandir is being fully borne by Tata Motors. WBIDC is paying a monthly stipend to these trainees.

After completing the programme, the trainees will undertake a test to be conducted by the DTET, and successful candidates will receive the State Council of Vocational Training (SCVT) certificate from the DTET. These successful candidates will then undergo a 15-month hands-on training at the Tata Motors plant to endow them with multi-skill abilities and enhance their employability. On successful completion of the training programme, they too will be eligible for employment in the Small Car project in Singur.

Arrangements will also be made to impart relevant training to other individuals, in the WBIDC list, appropriate to their educational background and skills and based on a selection process.

SINGUR FARMERS WILL NOT CHEW CARS

Singur farmers will not "Chew Cars"


The tantrum of Indian politicians is not a new phenomenon, but surely Mamata Bannerjee takes the cake. It is indeed sad, that such hue and cry has been made for a non-starter issue dubbed “Singur”. Means, have we lost our navigation? Why are we going off course? Does anybody disagree to industrialization? Don’t we all know that if our country has to keep on growing and maintain the current growth rate, then we need to go all out and set up more and more industries? So, what is it that Mamata is trying to do? She seems just hell bent to rouse a rabble and thereby create a vote bank for her. For her own petty selfish gains, she is willing to sacrifice better future of thousands of farmers and their families.

Mamata and her logic defy any and all sense. It certainly is a well thought out plan, or why else did the Trinamool Youth Congress take out a procession demanding return of land of farmers at Singur on 18th, when it was known that on 19th the Govt. would announce the compensation package for the so called effected farmers? Clearly, Mamata had in her mind to refuse straightaway any package that the Govt. was to announce. Undoubtedly, the package is - as described by the patriarch Jyoti Basu – “This is the best package in the country”. The announced package is black and white and not a portion exists which sounds garbled or gives the impression of hidden mines. Just to encapsulate what the package is and how it benefits all, I summarize it below:

1. Farmers who are elderly & directly dependent on tilling land cannot be considered for training for employment. Govt is considering putting up shops etc in the 47.11 acre of land that they have at their disposal in Singur and giving it to those farmers as alternate means of sustenance.
   
2. 350 nos. of project affected youth are being trained at different ITIs for 6 and 9 months. These youth will get direct employment at the mother plant
   150 more such youth will be selected for training in Ramakrishna Mission. The selection process will start from Sunday 24th June.
   
3. To train, as “Test Drivers” 100 people will be given training at Hooghly Motor Training School.
   
4. 40 Ladies have already been trained in sewing at Beraberi High School, who will make uniforms and gloves for the small car plant personnel.
   NIIT at Salt Lake, Kolkata has already trained 40 men & women for 2 months. WBIDC has borne expenses of such training. 30 of them have already got jobs.
   40 men & women have also been trained at NIIT on Hardware and some of them have already got jobs.
   
5. 25 nos. of ladies have been trained in cooking and have formed canteens. More women are expected to join for such training and will open up more canteens.
   
6. 50 people will be trained in gardening and landscaping
   
7. Govt aims to make people self-dependant and entrepreneurs by making them become suppliers of vegetables, detergents etc that will have huge requirement on a daily basis once the project comes up.
   
8. Government will also have an arrangement with Mother Diary for supply of milk by the local villagers
   
9. 400 women will be trained on making cable & circuit board required for the car lant. Pune model training will be followed. Initially 100 women will be trained.
   

Such a well thought out package is the very first of its kind. The elderly have been taken care of, the youth have been looked after, the women too have been handed economic freedom and the bright future of the Singur farmers ensured.

But then follows the bluffmaster Mamata. It is obvious that Mamata never heard of the saying – First think, and then speak. Mamata doesn’t even bother to think or for that matter to even hear. She gives instant stupid reactions. And that’s exactly what she did after the package was announced. She just went ahead and rejected outright the package announced. Her ground of refusal was a clutter of baseless allegations bereft of any sense or sensibility. She really defines the Height of stupidity and to recap her ludicrous logic:

"It is a rotten package and a deal to give passage to the Tatas in Singur," She claimed that the Tatas were fronting the Singur project while a foreign company had equity in it. "There is equity of a foreign company in the Tata Motors' small car project at Singur,"
We don't need driving schools. Let them train their own people. Farmers don't need to drive cars. They know how to drive tractors and till the land.
What will we do with cars? Do you think farmers will chew cars for dinner?

Now Mamata, what is your source of the first allegation - that a foreign company had equity in the project and that the Tatas were merely fronting it? First if you do have any such information, why didn’t you share it with the people and the media on day 1 itself? Secondly, if what you say is true, then can we have the exact details - the name of this foreign company and its share in the project? As per your statement, it sounds like – this foreign company owns the project since you say – Tatas were fronting the project, thereby ownership obviously is of the foreign company. And Mamata, if all this is true, then why did you hide such vital information from the public all this time, and moreover why are you giving a show of spilling the beans at this point in time? Or is it that questions of national interest and security concerns are secondary to your personal vote bank politics?

As for your second rationale – I would describe it by way of a famous Bengali saying – “Even a donkey would laugh” You say – Farmers don’t need to drive cars. Why Mamata, - are farmers not good enough to own and drive cars? Do we smell here a casteist flavor of politics? Is it like, – farmers like scheduled castes should never prosper, will never ever be able to own cars and so why should they even learn driving? Well for starters Mamata, if the farmers learnt driving, it will add to their skill set and provide an additional means of earning a livelihood.

Going ahead - you reiterate – They know how to drive tractors and till the land. Mamata, do you have any idea as to how many farmers in West Bengal own tractors? And the farmers, who have tractors, are of a different scale and unfortunately the Singur farmer never fell in that class. The land owning has to be huge, huge to make it economically viable to own and maintain a tractor. It seems your idea of farmers has its roots in the cowboy ranchers as shown in Hollywood movies. Mamata, just to enlighten you - most Indian farmers rent out tractors before sowing and get their land tilled.

And last but not the least - Do you think farmers will chew cars for dinner? No we don’t think farmers will chew cars for dinner, but yes we do think that the day the Tata car factory is operational, the farmer is employed and owns his car, that day the farmer will not have to think what he is going to chew for dinner. That day he will surely have his hot piping dinner

We always knew it Mamata: People of Singur were never your concern

We always knew it Mamata: People of Singur were never your concern.

We never had any doubts as to what Mamata would do at the end of her meeting with the patriarch Jyoti Basu. It was very obvious – she had put forward her demands - nobody would or could ever meet them. That was her very strategy. Ask for something that cannot be ever met and that is the end of all. Mamata's mantra is simple - do a turnaround and try to rouse the dying fire.Off late, Mamata had realized that Singur was dead. That except for a few farmers, the others had seen the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and were only interested that peace and following that - prosperity should now be their life's course. But, for Mamata – peace is a four-letter word. Thus Mamata came up with the idea of creating this whole show of meeting the great patriarch of Bengal Jyoti Basu to solve the Singur issue et all. She knew such a move would whip up media interest again, which was the last hope for her to try and rekindle the issue.
Though Mamata gave an impression that she is as aggressive as she has been in the past, but actually she is becoming rest less to find a solution. She is softening owing to the so called very affected people not supporting her anymore is very evident in her change in stance. Earlier she was against having industry on agricultural land, but now she is fighting for returning the land that has been forcibly acquired. A typical chameleon like color change, common with vote bank politicians.Now, that her reasons for all these moves is clear, lets see what has been the outcome. It has been a disaster for her party TMC, and a number of her close colleagues and confidante’s have internally criticized the whole – “ Tamasha”.1. Many leaders of her party feels that by responding to Jyoti Basu's call for a meeting, Mamata had fallen into the trap of CPI (M) and they are quiet upset on the move taken by her. These leaders feel that if Mamata is unable to get the land back from the Govt. and the car rolls out in 2008, then she will have a major political set back.2. Though Left front had lost the recent panchayat election at Panskura, yet they won the two most crucial seats of Singur - the bone of contention (our blog had carried the election result in an earlier article) and overall the Left Front have done pretty well in the election and given the trend, there is no great hope of TMC doing well in the forthcoming panchayat election to take place after 1 year.3. Next State Assembly elections will be held after 4 years. If she fails to come to any settlement on the issue, then it would be quiet tough for her to continue with the agitation for another 4 years, and Mamata will be held responsible. She already stands responsible for the deaths in Singur.4. On June 18 there is hearing at the High Court on several cases on Singur. Mamata's camp feels that the judgement will not go in their favour for which they are now preparing themselves to move to Supreme Court.
But between all these wheeling and dealings, both Mamata and her party are just singularly focused in increasing the political clout of TMC. Why else are they even refusing to hold talks for the compensation package? At the end, the package would be the biggest benefit for the people of Singur.

But when did actually Mamata bother about the people of Singur?

Singur - Mamata trying to fool people again

Monday, June 4, 2007

Singur - Mamata trying to fool people again

Mamata Bannerjee Never Learns:
Dear Mamata,
Please grow up. Dont you ever learn? Dont you understand when the people have voted you out? Dont you realize when you are being given the cold shoulder? Can't you feel, that the people of Singur dont want you around their village? If, you do have the guts, then lets see you be truthful and talk of what progress the people of Singur will get out of Industrialization. Means, when will you learn Mamata? tsk tsk!
Today, i saw this news - its very sad Mamata. Even the Media now knows what you are upto. Let me just paste the news as it is for the benefit of millions. So, here goes Mamata -
PRI GEN NAT .SINGUR CAL3TATA-MAMATAMamata announces new anti-farmland acquisition measuresSingur (WB), Jun 3 (PTI) In her bid to rev up the slackening agitation against acquisition of farmland for industries in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today announced a series of programmes including a statewide 'chakka jam' on June nine.In an attempt to spread the agitation beyond Bengal's borders, Mamata also announced that the farmers of Singur and Nandigram would rally in Chennai, Delhi and Jamshedpur apart from Kolkata between the third week of this month and the second week of July. The dates and places of the rallies would be decided in a meeting on June 8, she said.Mamata warned the government that that her party would be forced to abandon the peaceful nature of the stir if it failed to yield the desired result of keeping the government's hands off agricultural land for setting up industry.Asserting that her party would not allow the Tata Motors small car factory to come up, she told a public meeting at Singur, where the factory is to be set up, "The chief minister is saying everywhere that the Tata factory will come up at Singur, but I am telling you it will not."Alleging that the government had tricked her into giving upher hunger strike, Mamata said she would write a book exposing what had happened.
Dear Friends, please take a good look at the letters in bold. If this is not a Goonda, threatening, then nothing is. Here, is this uninvited self acclaimed Guardian of the people, who is threatening to upset the regular life of millions, just to try and boost her sagging political career. Means, today she sent her envoy - the out of work Medha Patkar to do a reccee, and on 8th, she plans to disrupt all. Believe me, this only means few more suicides and more dead bodies. To Mamata, human life is cheap. mamata, all the deaths which predictably will happen, the day you begin your so called agitation will all be your doing. Please, fear God, mamata. Dont become the devil incarnate, you already have donned enough of it. People of Singur - Beware the Plague of Mamata is going to visit you on 8th June

Tata's the best for Singur.

Ratan Tata urges pvt sector to be socially responsible

Mumbai, Jun 1 (PTI) Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata today asked
the private sector to focus on social development of the country.
"While we grow we must not forget the fact that there are numerous
people living below the poverty line, especially in rural areas,"
Tata said at a function organised by the Bombay Chamber of Commerce
and Industry at its 171th Annual General Meeting.
The chamber also felicitated Tata for his contribution to the industry.
"Both the public and private sector have a great deal to look
forward to. But they also have a great deal of responsibility towards
the society at large," he said.
Tata said the corporate planning should embody responsibility
besides laying down a path for profit maximisation.
The occasion also marked the beginning of the tenure of Novartis
MD Ranjit Sahani as President of the chamber and IDFC MD Rajiv Lall
as Vice-president

That's what the Tata Corporate house has been doing all these years. One has to ask the millions of Tata steel, past and present employess, as they stand witness to how the Tata group changed their lives around. How a small unknown township of Bihar rose to be called the steel town of Jamshedpur - and is still referred to as mini Bombay . One only has to dwelve in the more then 100 yr old history of the Taj hotels to understand why the Mumbai Taj came up in the first place. Outraged by - Indians and Dogs not allowed, Jamsetji vowed to own a hotel which would be for Indians. Singur, when you place your life in such caring hands, then nothing ever goes wrong.
Regards

Singur - Diary of Mamata

My Diary - dated 1st june, 2007

I, Mamata am very sad today. I felt very weak and empty today. So in afternoon, i eat lots of rice and 4 pieces of fish with egg fry and then it made me feel full. later i had to consume 4 packets of Eno salt to soothe my stomach. But today i am very sad. I have lost it all. Today, the farmers of Singur, who i have fooled for over 1 year now, have seen through my pc sorcar like tricks and have kicked me out. Those donkeys. How dare they do that. How, they just voted me and my candidates out in the gram panchayat elections. How many days and nights i had spent to make them understand how without their land they will be nothing - and the fools bought it also. If the tata car factory comes up at Singur, then i would not be left with anything. The villagers wont need me anymore. Then they will have hospitals, schools, roads, jobs and cars. How will i show them their poverty and promise them that i will fight for them and fill that gap. it looks like new india will make beggars of politicians like me, who in the old poverty days were called Firebrand politicians. These stupid donkeys of Singur. I did so much for them. I put up a false show of fast, and i had to eat late at night the semi cold mutton biriyani, that too after the lights were switched off by my party colleagues. We really feasted on good mutton Biriyani those 15 days of fasting. And i had to eat a lot in the night as during the day i had to actually fast. Dear Diary how cruel can fate be. With one stroke of fate life changes. My friend Medha too had called up today and was saying the same - now that Singur is over and she and Anuradha Talwar, now that they stand exposed dont know as to what to do next. Medha said she will head back to Gujrat and see if she can exploit the dam scenenario any further. Or the second option is a possible tie up with Sharmila, the girl who has been now fasting for 7 years against the army. Must say, that girl must be eating loads of Biriyani. Anuradha, on the other hand has decided to go for an image makeover. She is now over 30 kgs overweight, and her grassroot activist profession is not in sync with her huge well overfed frame. I too advised her to slim atleast 20 kgs and then maybe, she can try out some new racket in Chattisgarh or Jharkand. For her forthcoming birthday i have thus decided to gift her books about the history, culture language etc of the tribals in those states. But all that is ok, but what am i left with? Now again my votebank will reduce to the same limited slums of Kolkatta. Now, with this defeat even the congress will not entertain me. Just my luck. And whereas Mayawati's luck is back again. I cant even start a gurjar movement in West Bengal. Let me see, what best i can do. If there is some unlisted tribe in west bengal - then i can give call to get them ST quota. For beginners, i have asked my colleagues to make a chart of all the areas in west bengal which has been earmarked for SEZ. I might just get lucky. I am a very positive person, and strongly believe that the politics of hatred works. Let me see where all can i create confusion and simmer hatred. I will soon update you my dear diary, the moment i have a strategy in place. For today, i am still sad. i have lost Singur, but now i feel very sleepy. Will write more tomorrow. Goodnight.

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Singur and West Bengal, are you listening

Some years back Tata Steel ran a creative ad campaign with a cryptic slogan: ‘We also make steel’. It claimed, quite legitimately, that apart from its main business activity, the company also ran the best-managed industrial township in Jamshedpur, encouraged sports and supported other corporate social responsibility initiatives. In other words, steel-making was sought to be projected almost as a byproduct of the company’s larger commitment to the nation.
In the context of the Tata Group’s proposed investments in West Bengal and Bangladesh, I am tempted to speculate: if the road blocks to these investments are cleared, and the Tatas set up the small-car plant in Singur and the steel-power-fertiliser complex in Bangladesh, might these enterprises some day prove to be byproducts of a larger endeavour, namely, economic reintegration of the two divided halves of Bengal?
This possibility is within the grasp of the people and politicians of India, especially of West Bengal, and Bangladesh, to close the chapter of artificial division and open a new one of cooperation and co-prosperity. Yes, it is within our grasp if only we care to listen to the great call of 21st-century Asia and also to the centuries-old music of the spiritual-cultural-social unity of Bengalis on both sides of the border.
It is not difficult to know why some sections of Bangladesh’s political and intellectual establishment — since its creation in 1971, the country has received only $3 billion of FDI — have fiercely opposed the Tatas’ offer to invest nearly $3 billion in the country’s core industrial sectors. The main reason lies in the rise of anti-India sentiments, stoked by the rising power of foreign-funded Islamist forces. These forces are also the principal opponents of India-Bangladesh cooperation to harness the latter’s considerable natural gas reserves. India-locked on three sides, Bangladesh simply cannot use its natural gas except within a framework of cooperation with India. Yet there is an entrenched mindset in Bangladesh that resists such a move.
What is appalling, however, is to see that some forces in our own Bengal seem determined to keep it industrially underdeveloped, economically stagnant and thus incapable of opening new avenues of employment and wealth-creation. Until recently the communists themselves were responsible for Bengal’s de-industrialisation. But now that the CPM has finally realised its mistake, its opponents are using the traditional communist methods to oppose a project that promises to become the harbinger of the state’s re-industrialisation.
How ironic. With due respect to Mamata Banerjee, who is spearheading the opposition to Singur, I have to say that her agitation militates against both West Bengal’s immediate interests and India’s long-term interests. She has many admirable qualities, but if she wants to be taken seriously as the potential successor to Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, she has to look beyond her party’s rural base for the next panchayat elections. She must expand her vision to see the big opportunity that India has not only to accelerate economic growth in our eastern and northeastern states, but also to pull our estranged eastern neighbour into a new paradigm of sub-regional cooperation, which alone can make Tagore’s dream of ‘Amaar Shonaar Bangla’ for undivided Bengal come true.
Today, regional and sub-regional cooperation is the axis around which the wheel of economic growth is turning. The nay-sayers to new investments in West Bengal and Bangladesh should glance eastwards to see how this wheel has turned in the direction of poverty alleviation, employment generation and shared prosperity. Not long ago, undivided Bengal was more advanced than several countries in Southeast and Far East Asia. Kolkata itself was ahead of Shanghai. Today, if Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea and, lately, even Vietnam, have left West Bengal and Bangladesh far behind, it is primarily because they
realised the virtue of economic cooperation. Fifty-five per cent of Asia\\'s trade is now within the region, and this figure is rapidly rising. No wonder, America and Europe have had to confront the truth, which was unimaginable earlier: their domination of the world’s economy, and hence politics, is nearing an end.
Every vibrant centre of enterprise has a demonstration effect on the neighbourhood, eventually leading to a symbiotic way of collective growth. Thus, Singapore spurred Malaysia’s success. Japan’s miracle influenced China, and today China’s growth sustains the Japanese economy. In spite of the political problems between the two neighbours, today there are 35,000 Japanese companies operating in China, employing 10 million Chinese. There are also 100,000 Japanese working in China. Goods and capital are moving almost freely here. The Asean and East Asian region have been transformed into an integrated manufacturing plant, in which some components are made in one country, others in another country and the final product is assembled in and exported from a third country. Can we not envision a similar transformation in our eastern region? Is it impossible that an economically vibrant West Bengal will not open the eyes of Bangladeshis, just as the success of Narendra Modi’s ‘Vibrant Gujarat’ initiatives have opened the eyes of many communists, whether they admit it or not?
What India and Bangladesh need are visionary leaders in politics, business and public life. Leaders who refuse to live in the past and are determined enough to script a new future for our children whose grandparents were, after all, once part of the single family of undivided India. In this endeavour to re-integrate our two countries economically and socially, we should learn from the EU. Last week some Auroville-based European devotees of Maharshi Aurobindo organised a seminar in honour of Jean Monnet, a French statesman regarded as the architect of European unity. From the ashes of World War II, he extricated the golden idea of economic cooperation. He began with something as mundane as establishing the European Coal and Steel Community with Germany and France, bitter rivals in the war, as its core members. The idea evolved and engendered the EU. It now has 27 member-countries, which have broken down walls that divided them in the 20th century. Shouldn’t India and Bangladesh pull down the ‘narrow domestic walls’ keeping them apart to the detriment of both?

Singur - People of Singur say yes to Tata Car Factory

Singur - People of Singur say yes to Tata Car Factory
Mamata - The people have slammed the nail in your grave.Thank God, the people have finally awoken and arisen. The message is very clear. Even the blind can see it. The writing is on the wall and everywhere. The people of Singur want Industrialization. They want progress and development. They want the Tata car factory to come up ASAP. Why else would the people come out and vote for the CPI(M) and not the Trinamool. Mamata, you must hurriedly now call a press conference and shout at the top of your voice how the CPI (M) cadres obstructed the Trinamool supporters from casting their votes. How, the police lathi charged the poor farmers who were against farmland acquisition and did not allow them to vote and how when you tried to intervene - the police tried to molest you with - Buuke Haath Deeyeche, Blouse cheere diyeche etc etc. But now all those stunts of yours are passe.

The truth is out - Its out in the form of people's mandate.
Today morning results were announced and find below the news which pti has on its site :

PTI NEWS
SINGUR

CPI(M) retains two GP seats in SingurSingur (West Bengal),

May 30 (PTI) The CPI(M) retained two seats at Balarambati and Bora gram panchayats in panchayat elections inSingur block of Hooghly district today.CPI(M)'s Mortaza Mondal and Dinesh Malik emerged as winners,official sources said.The opposition Trinamool Congress had launched campaign against farm land acqusition for Tata Motors project in Singur for the panchayat polls.

How else does one explain the romping in home of CPI(M) in the two key seats of Singur ? After all the Tamashaa and monkey business by the Trinamool, the least expected was Trinamool winning hands down all the seats in and around Singur.
But Alas! people are not fools Mamata di. They know whats good for them. Its still time - Back Out Mamata and save your face

Singur - How may more should die for Mamata

You dont fool anybody with your cheap stunts. Everyone knows what you are eyeing. Playing the poor to reach the CM seat. Dont we all know it ? For the benefit of all let me put in proper political perspective what exactly you are playing at. So here goes Mamata - your little secret is now unveiled :
Lets begin with the centre. The footprints of the UPA govt are staggering and on the wane. Specially of the congress, as the recent state elections show. Now, UPA’s next most important constituent, the CPM, which lends outside support to the government, is currently experiencing tremors of the worst ever crisis in its history. The crisis had ebbed out, but obviously you had to fire it high and so we had bloodshed in Nandigram.
You know that the Relations between the Congress and the CPM, which were never genuinely harmonious, are becoming more discordant with each passing month. You also know that the bastion of the left is in West Bengal. And there you see the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Your devilish mind figures out that the strongest destabilising threat to the UPA will likely come from that hitherto bastion of stability — West Bengal. So you are misleading people to create a hole in the 30-year-old communist fortress in the state, engendering a distinct possibility of its collapse in the next election. In your mind, then the Congress high command will be tempted to see Bengal as one of the big northern states where, in alliance with Mamata Banerjee, it can wrest power from the communists and also win a big chunk of seats in the Lok Sabha. The temptation will be all the greater since the Congress is likely to fare badly all across the northern belt.
Beware Mamata we all know what's in that petty mind of yours। But remember, selling your soul - as you have done to the devil, always comes back. Means, how many more lives' would be lost in this vampish quest of yours'?

Mamata - How many more lives you need to become the CM of West Bengal?