'New land law if Bengal govt loses Singur case'

December 18, 2012 21:30

The West Bengal government will bring in a new legislation to return land to unwilling farmers in Singur if the Supreme Court verdict on the Singur LandAct went against it, Labour Minister Purnendu Basu said today.

The Singur Land Act allows the West Bengal government to reclaim 400 acre earlier given to Tata Motors.

"If we lose in the Supreme Court, the state government will bring a new law, and after getting the President's assent, we will return the land to unwilling farmers," Basu told a meeting of the Krishi Jami Rakshya committee, which took part in the Singur movement.

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