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Trinamool Congress is the leading opposition party in West Bengal, India
Trinamool Congress is against the Tata Motors Singur Project and demanded returning the 400 acres of land to the farmers who are unwilling to part with their land. On August 24, 2008, the party supremo Mamta Banerjee started an indefinite agitation in Singur. About 2000 policemen and RAF Police are deployed as a safety measure. The protests in front of the Tata car plant choked the Durgapur Expressway on Monday, hampering vehicular movement on the entire highway. On August 25, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb wrote to Mamata again over Tata impasse. but ruled out taking back the alloted 400 acres land. Truck drivers had a tough time because of their immobility as they get stranded on Durgapur highway. On August 29, party supporters began preventing TATA workers from leaving the plant. The Government came out and said that Singur land cant be returned legally according to the law.
Incidently, Tata project supporters have used a Tata Nano Car replica as an icon at a makeshift tent as part of Durga puja celebrations.
On October 3, 2008, Ratan Tata agreed to meet Buddhadeb to discuss about the project and later that evening, he formally announced he is withdrawing the project from West Bengal and held Mamata responsible for moving out of Singur.
Agitated three wheeler drivers set three buses ablaze in Kolkata
Agitated three-wheeler drivers, protesting against a court ban on ageing public transport vehicles in the city, set three buses on fire in Kolkata on Saturday. Three incidents of arson have taken place on three buses. In first case, one bus was slightly damage. But in other two cases, the buses have been damaged. These are the only three incidents that we have had so far. I hope that well be able to manage it now. I wont be able to tell you categorically there have been mischief mongers, we are trying to identify them, said Shivaji Ghosh, Kolkatas Additional Commissioner of Police. ANI
Kolkata auto-rickshaw operators set two buses on fire
Two buses were reportedly set ablaze today by protesting Trinamool Congress-backed auto-rickshaw operators who were agitating against a court ban on ageing public transport vehicles in the city. ANI
Mamata Banerjee terms Sheikh Hasinas democratic victory as a welcome change
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has congratulated Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League-led alliance on its victory in the elections. ANI
Violent clashes between CPI-M and TMC in West Bengal
A Communist Party of India-Marxists (CPI-M) supporter was killed at Bheramari village in Birbhum district of West Bengal on Friday in a feud over a plot of a cultivable land. ANI
Trinamool leader and ex-Union Minister Ajit Panja dead
Former Union Minister and senior Trinamool Congress leader Ajit Panja died of cancer at a private hospital in Kolkata on Friday morning. He was 72 and is survived by his son and daughter. ANI
BJP says political parties trying to cash in on Jamia encounter
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Ravi Shanker Prasad on Saturday said that some political parties are using the Jamia Nagar encounter to gain political mileage. ANI
Choose jobs or lawlessness: Tata in open letter to West Bengal
Tata Groups chairman Ratan Tata on Friday in an open letter to the people of West Bengal, asked them to support the present government in building a prosperous state or see it being consumed by a destructive political environment. ANI
Mamata Banerjee urges President, PM to intervene in Singur land row
Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee today met President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh seeking intervention in implementation of agreement reached with the West Bengal Government over Nano car plant land row in September. ANI
Nano, hope for Gujarat, regret for West Bengal
While Gujarat is rejoicing over Tata Motors decision to shift its ultra low-cost Nano car plant to Sanand near Ahmedabad, residents in Singur are regretting that the makers had to pull out of West Bengal because of violent protests. ANI
Karnataka CM invites Tata to set-up Nano plant
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa today invited Tata Motors to set up manufacturing plant for worlds cheapest car Nano in the state. ANI
Mukherjee, Buddhadeb slams Trinamool Congress for driving Nano out of WB
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday slammed Trinamool Congress of West Bengal for pushing Tata Motors to pull out its Nano project from the state. ANI
Mamata Banerjee to meet Sonia to discuss Singur impasse
As Tata consider re-locating the stalled Nano project, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will meet UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi here today to resolve the Singur impasse. ANI
Ratan Tata to meet Buddhadeb today
Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today following Tatas request that he wanted to talk to Buddhadeb on Singur issue. ANI
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