Click to play videoSingur: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya sounded confident of resolving the Singur deadlock but on the ground, the picture is far from rosy. The Trinamool Congress is all set to kick off its indefenite agitation program from Sunday.
Party chief Mamata Banerjee isn't willing to budge an inch from her demand that 400 acres of land acquired for the TATA motors plant should be returned to farmers.
"We will agitate peacefully. If our demands are not met we will continue indefinitely," she said.
The party has made elaborate arrangements before the TATA Motors plant for its agitattion program.
With 2 lakh protestors expected to take part, the TATA Motors project has been turned into a virtual fortress. 5,000 policemen have been deployed in the area, although the state government hasn't imposed Section 144.
West Bengal Home Secretary, Ashok Mohan Chakrabarti said, "There wll be no police action unless there is threat to TATA's plant. Section 144 has not been imposed in Singur. We will allow Mamata Bannerjee to carry on peacful agitation on Sunday."
The state government meanwhile is walking the tightrope. With Ratan Tata threatening to pull out of the state if the situation isn't doused, the Chief Minister has appealed for calm and even indicated a compensation package for farmers. He has also sought time from the TATAs to solve the crisis.
"I sympathise with him (Ratan Tata) and I request him to bear with us. We will bring about a solution," said Buddhadeb Bhattacharya.
Sunday's agitation by the Trinomool Congress is likely to disrupt road traffic on National Highway 2 which connects Delhi with Kolkata.
The state government will be keeping a constant watch over proceedings in Singur, where the fate of the industrialisation in the state is all set to be decided.
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