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Ex CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharya had offered about ₹2.8 lakh per Bigha in 2006 to Singur farmers in exchange of their land to set up the Nano factory. But a bunch of pseudo-intellectuals & liberals denounced the project & the package.(1/n) #SingurNabannaMarch #SingurWantsIndustry
A few of these individuals & activists subsequently became Rajya Sabha MPs, MLAs and Ministers in TMC & BJP. While some pseudo-intellectuals became VCs & economic advisers to @MamataOfficial. (2/n) #SingurNabannaMarch #SingurWantsIndustry
Today, after 13 years and despite about 150% increase in the general price level, land in Singur sells for ₹2-3 lakh per bigha. Neither cars nor crops come out of Singur any more. (3/n) #SingurNabannaMarch #SingurWantsIndustry
Then young people who had been trained for an industrial career have either long since left for other states, or have entered middle age without any economic future in sight. Today, when they demand jobs, they were given police brutality & Tear gas. (4/4) #SingurNabannaMarch
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