We all want industry. But there must be some balance. You just can not grab the land by decree in a democratic society, specially grabbing the land from poor farmers who do not have any other way of earning a living. Yes, I have read that Tatas were shown different locations and they wanted this particular area.
But, how come a democratically elected government does not want to show the incentives given to the Tatas? Have you seen this kind of things in USA where state governments give incentives to the industries to locate them in their state? What is the problem to be transparent? Do not just blame Mamata for trying to find the deal between CPM and Tatas.
The last thing, I would like to say that I have a problem with the communist way of doing things. Remember Stalin & Co. had tried to industrialize USSR by forcibly removing people from one place to another. They were successful for a while at the cost of millions of people's lives. Now you know the ecological disaster that has happened in USSR. China is doing the same thing and similarly created a underclass of former peasants in cities who do not have anything and are at the mercy of state machinery to live at a certain place. If you want the same condition at Bengal, then it is your choice. I can not prevent anyone from following the Chinese way of developing Bengal, but I would never do that. I am quite familiar the way CPM does business in Bengal as I have been heavily involved in converting BE College to an INI. So, I would not convinced by the argument of industrialization of Bengal at any cost. There is right way and wrong way and they are following wrong way. Thank.
