Statesman News Service
MALDA, Sept. 30: The West Bengal PCC chief Mr Priya Ranjan Das Munshi today criticised the Trinamul Congress chief Miss Mamata Banerjee for demanding invocation of Article 355 in West Bengal.
“We support some points raised by Miss Mamta Banerjee on the Singur issue but not her demand for the invocation of Article 355 in the state,” Mr Das Munshi said here today. Downplaying Miss Banerjee's criticism against the Congress for agreeing to attend the all-party meeting convened by the state government in Kolkata today, the Congress leader said: “Those who were in the Congress but siding with the CPI-M are now with Miss Banerjee.”
The PCC chief, however, added that he did not mind Miss Banerjee meeting Mrs Sonia Gandhi. “Any person can meet Mrs Gandhi,” he said.
Supporting Miss Banerjee's demands on Singur, the Union minister said that the state government should have to execute the accord signed in presence of the Governor Mr Gopalkrishna Gandhi to resolve the Singur crisis.
“The state government hurriedly published the package but failed to manage the overall situation,” he said adding: “Still 21 ancillary industries have not set up their units in the Nano project site. There is sufficient land left to be returned to the farmers unwilling to offer land for the project,” he claimed.
The Union minister also said the Tata Motors should respond to the farmers’ demand and plight to resolve the Singur impasse. “I shall write a letter to Mr Ratan Tata soon pointing out the problems and offering proposals to resolve the crisis,” the minister, said.
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