Bengal | Lok Sabha polls: Lost opportunity for Tata car plant at Singur continues to dominate poll narrative in Hooghly telegraphindia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from telegraphindia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hooghly district, home to the Singur area, rose to national prominence in 2006-2007 due to the anti-land acquisition movement against the erstwhile Left Front government that eventually caused the regime's downfall, catapulting agitating TMC to power in the state.
Sixteen years post an anti-land acquisition movement that forced the Tata Nano car plant out of Singur, the issue of industrialization remains central in the Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency. Two film celebrities, running for TMC and BJP, vow to rejuvenate industry in the region. Hooghly district, encompassing the Singur area, gained national attention in 2006-2007 during the anti-land acquisition movement against the former Left Front government.
HOOGHLY/BURDWAN: Fresh rainfall on Jan 17, 18, and 19 has dealt a blow to Bengal's agricultural landscape, with reports of extensive crop damage comin.