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Basu briefs Buddhadeb on talks with Mamata

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A fillip to the process for restoration of peace: Buddhadeb

Jyoti Basu

Kolkata: A day after talks with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on restoration of peace at Nandigram and on the situation at Singur, where an automobile manufacturing project is coming up, veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu held discussions at his residence here on Tuesday with Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Biman Bose, chairman of the Left Front committee.

Mr. Bhattacharjee and Mr. Bose were reportedly briefed by Mr. Basu on issues raised by Ms. Banerjee on Monday when it was agreed that the process for the return of peace at Nandigram be expedited.

Ms. Banerjee also informed Mr. Basu of her demand that land acquired from peasants against their wishes for the Tata Motors project be returned. She was told that the matter needed to be taken up with the State Government and with the company concerned.

"We will have to know the problems [being referred to by Ms. Banerjee regarding the Singur project] and then determine their solution," Mr. Bhattacharjee said prior to his meeting with Mr. Basu at which Industries Minister Nirupam Sen was present. "I have spoken to Nirupam Sen; let us see what can be done," he said.

Welcoming Monday's talks between Mr. Basu and Ms. Banerjee, the Chief Minister said they would give a fillip to the process for the restoration of peace at Nandigram. "It should hasten the peace process which has already been initiated," he said.

Senior leader of the All-India Forward Bloc Ashok Ghosh, who had convened an all-party meeting for peace at Nandigram on May 24, said he had asked Mr. Bose to arrange a meeting of the Left Front to discuss the developments regarding the peace initiative. He also spoke to Mr. Basu and expressed his thanks for his initiative.

Partha Chatterjee, Trinamool Congress leader, who had accompanied Ms. Banerjee to Monday's talks, has said the stir against the acquisition of land for the project at Singur will continue.

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