Singur verdict: Tears of joy and a killjoy element

September 01, 2016 10:20

Mamata Banerjee today posted on Facebook that she shed "tears of joy" after learning about the Singur verdict that ordered the return of the land.

"The historic verdict of the Hon'ble Supreme Court is a landmark victory of Maa-Mati-Manush, a landslide victory of the people.... Today is a day that brings tears of joy in my eyes," the chief minister said. Mamata could not have chosen a figure of speech with a better mix: in her "landslide" hour of joyous vindication, a tearful question was lurking on the fringes whether it would make the task of bringing industry to Bengal all the more difficult. Read more

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