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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Look before you leap!

They say 'look before you leap' but Didi has no time to 'look'. She's the habit of being always in a hurry.Yes I'm referring to publishing the contract made between the previous state govt and Tata Motors regarding Nano factory at Singur.When in opposition TMC insisted on making public the entire contract in question.Tata motors objected to publishing a part of the contract which they considered 'secret' that couldn't be made public in the interest of their business.They approached Calcutta High Court in this regard and secured injunction in their favour.TMC however assured people in their election manifesto that if they could come to power, they would publish the contract regarding Tata's factory at Singur.So immediately after assuming office on May 20 Didi asked the industry Minister Partha chatterjee as early as on May 25 to publish the Contract following day.So people kept waiting with all eagerness on the stipulated day to know what is in the Contract that the earlier govt couldn't publish in the name of legal hurdle probably with some ulterior motive.However, at the end of the day the present industry minister pleaded inability to publish the Contract for some legal obstacle that need to be negotiated.The present govt should have earlier consulted legal experts and then assured public that the contract would be published.What common sense says till injunction is vacated, the Contract can't be published.If unilaterally govt publish it, this act might be deemed as contempt of Court.What's more, apart from any thing else, publication of the Contract would send a wrong signal to the prospective investors in the state.So again look before you leap.

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