Reverse Robin Hood Land Reform

The entire blame game over the land acquisition in Singur has become almost too confusing to track. Some attribute the problem to the hypocrisy of the Left in West Bengal. Some blame Tata Motors, as the giant car factory will ruin the environment along with lives of farmers. Others blame Mamata Banerjee for her hunger strike and political antics and, still others, Medha Patkar for creating hurdles in the way of industrial development. It doesn’t help gain clarity when the Left begins to support large companies and the Right supports Left-wing activists to save farmers. Who is really to blame for the plight of these farmers? And how is one to protect them from the government’s reverse land reform?

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