Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Two anti-land acquisition movements that turned out to be principal architects of the fall of 34-year Left Front regime in West Bengal in 2011 were the one against the Tata Motor’s small car project at Singur in Hooghly district and the one at Nandigram in East Midnapore district against the proposed chemical hub project by Indonesia-based Salim Group. At that point in time, sometime in 2007, Singur was a more high-profile movement catching the attention of the internationa…
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New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Singur visit on Sunday has brought hopes back for many farmers in a region whose return to the national spotlight underscores a persistent dilemma in Indian development policies — how to reconcile agrarian rights with industrial development. Nearly two decades ago, CPI-M leader and the then West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee tried to introduce industrialisation to a state that had survived largely on agrarian politics and d…