Whatever the Communists' mistakes, Mamata cannot disown her role (a nmajor one) in the quitting decision of the Tatas. Whatever sympathies I had earlier with her, they are totally gone now. Mamata's obstinacy, peevishness, grumpiness, narrow-mindedness, egotism, whimsicalness, utter lack of statesmanlike qualities, and most thoughtles and silly agitation putting every stumbling block in the way of the Nano, the first cheapest unique car of India - contributed solely to the unceremonious exit of the Tatas from West Bengal. Instead of fighting it out with the CPM, and instead of demanding for a higher compensation etc for those who owned the disputed 400 acres of land, she unnecessarily took her ire on the Tatas. 400 acres is too small an affair considering the nature of the small car project. Mamata's stock has gone down abysmally and she will go down in history as an anti-industry boor and as a low level and illiterate politician. West Bengal and India would never forgive her for her most negative role.
Re: Mamata to blamce
by Anil Kumar on Sep 02, 2008 10:16 PM Permalink
Most of the Indians stand by her and poor farmers..including me!! 400 ACRES OF LAND FOR YOUR INFORMATION IS A LOT LOT of lkand..around 5000 people can live on that kind of land and they don't want to give that land!!who are we to judge?
So the blame should go to communists in what ever way you look at it.They are the cause for this problem..and should be thrown out odf India.Yes i don't like communists:)
Re: Mamata to blamce
by Atreya Sarma Uppaluri on Sep 02, 2008 11:11 PM Permalink
My dear Anil Kumar, Even one inch of land also is valuable, per se. The only thing is, when you have to decide whether the 400 acres of land is going to give further prosperity to the State or the unique pioneering car factory that too from an industrial house with impeccable credentials. If your logic is accepted, then no goverment can acquire any amount of land for any public purpose. The car factory, its ancillaries and other trades and business depending on it would give employment for many more times the 5,000 that you have quoted. And you seem to miss a thing: that I said, Mamata should have fought for a higher compensation to the farmers. Most of the Indians have never been with her, whatever her antics. She has been wasting her energies on non-priorities, with the result the only possible bulwark against Communists has collapsed, thanks to her blind opposition to the car factory, just because it is happening in the CPM rule. Also, pl note that Mamata has never been near any number that has been close to getting power in WB. Moreover, she has been changing her allies too often, showing her political fickleness. She has, badly-sadly-unfortunatey missed her course.
Re: Mamata to blamce
by K Narasimha Rao on Sep 02, 2008 10:04 PM Permalink
Well, a beautiful description of Mamata's character in your paragraph. Hope she reads it.
