West Bengal govt wants to add Singur movement in school syllabus
During a press conference here at state's main administrative building Nabanna, Partha Chatterjee said, "We are going to send proposal to the state syllabus committee to include historic Singur movement in school syllabus, following we received several requests from entire society."
However, the state syllabus committee officials said that decision would be made through discussion with education department and experts.
"It's a very good planing and we are welcoming West Bengal government's initiative to include historically rich Singur land-movement in syllabus," state syllabus committee's chairman Abheek Majumder told IBNS.
"After receiving proposal officially from the state government, we will hold meetings with school education department, Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and education experts to reach the final decision," Majumder added.
The 997 acres of land was acquired by the Buddhadeb Bhattacharya led Left Front government in 2006.
Amid massive protests,which was led by current state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Tatas abandoned their plans and moved the Nano factory to Gujarat in 2008.
Banerjee was the top opposition leader of the state during that period.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (Aug 31) directed the state government to take the land into its possession and distribute it to the original land owners in 12 weeks.
The apex court reached the verdict as it was hearing petitions challenging the quashing of Singur Land Acquisition Act by the Calcutta High Court.
The Supreme Court questioned the way in which more than 400 acres of land was allotted to the car manufacturer by not adhering to the section 4 and 5 of the Land Acquisition Act.
The sections of the Act mandates public notice for receiving objections.
A total of 997 acres of land in Singur was given to the Tatas for their "dirt-cheap" Nano car factory by the previous Left Front government, triggering a wave of protests led by Mamata Banerjee and supported by various civil society groups.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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