Finally, the Singur Decision is a shot in the arm for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The Singur land agitation had thrown the issue of land acquisition, relief, and rehabilitation to the national mainstream and put an end to the 3 decades old Left Rule.

The decision which is a direct victory for Mamata Banerjee’s rule or principle on Singur will foster her attempt to gain reputation or importance on the National Political Radar. Soon after the judgment, Mamata called Singur Land Deal as the ‘Historic Suicide’ on the part of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s Left Front Government.

Now I Can Die Peacefully:

“Singur land movement is a case study for the world. I have always appealed to all the political parties not to support forcible land acquisition anywhere in the country. I will request the centre to give a second thought to the land bill pending in the Parliament,” said Mamata Banerjee.

“Historic verdict of the Honourable Supreme Court on Singur land acquisition is a landmark victory of Maa-Mati-Manush. Even though we came back to power with a huge mandate, I had a discontent that we could not succeed in Singur issue. But, now I can die peacefully,” she added.

Nirupam Sen, Industry and Commerce Minister in Bhattacharjee’s Government claimed that ‘Nothing wrong was done in the land acquisition process in 2006 as per the existing rule.’

For almost ten years, Singur stood as witness to what all is wrong with India’s land acquisition policy. 2,400 farmers who had refused to accept money for their land forcibly acquired for the Tata Nano Project are still waiting for their farmland to be returned though the company shifted to Gujarat 6 years ago.

Hence, the verdict ordered the government to review the present situation and return the land to the farmers within 12 weeks. The court has also said, the farmers who did not accept money should be provided with the compensation.

Though the verdict came towards Mamata Banerjee’s side, her bureaucrats have become apprehensive about the future course of action. The process of identifying the landowner and returning the land to them is as complicated as the acquisition.