News Desk, AnyTV, Kolkata
Published by: Amit Mandal
Updated Wed, 23 Feb 2022 10:59 PM IST
Summary
In its order, a special court to hear criminal cases involving MPs and MLAs in West Bengal acquitted Manna along with 30 others of the charges.
An MP/MLA court on Wednesday acquitted West Bengal Labor Minister Becharam Manna and 30 others in a criminal case related to the 2006 anti-land acquisition agitation in Singur. As an opposition Trinamool Congress leader, Manna played an important role then. He was instrumental in the movement to oust Tata Motors’ Nano car factory from Singur in Hooghly district during the time of the Left Front government. He was charged with conspiring to attack the police and disrupt normalcy.
In its order, a special court to hear criminal cases involving MPs and MLAs in West Bengal acquitted Manna along with 30 others of the charges. The minister and other accused were present in the court when the order was pronounced. Manna later told reporters that 68 cases were registered against him and others in connection with the Mamata Banerjee-led Singur agitation. This was the last of the 68 cases against me. The decisions of all the cases came in our favour.
Manna said the Supreme Court had earlier passed a judgment that land acquisition in Singur was not as per rules and Wednesday’s order has proved that the cases registered against him and others during the Left Front rule were false.
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An MP/MLA court on Wednesday acquitted West Bengal Labor Minister Becharam Manna and 30 others in a criminal case related to the 2006 anti-land acquisition agitation in Singur. As an opposition Trinamool Congress leader, Manna played an important role then. He was instrumental in the movement to oust Tata Motors’ Nano car factory from Singur in Hooghly district during the time of the Left Front government. He was charged with conspiring to attack the police and disrupt normalcy.
In its order, a special court to hear criminal cases involving MPs and MLAs in West Bengal acquitted Manna along with 30 others of the charges. The minister and other accused were present in the court when the order was pronounced. Manna later told reporters that 68 cases were registered against him and others in connection with the Mamata Banerjee-led Singur agitation. This was the last of the 68 cases against me. The decisions of all the cases came in our favour.
Manna said the Supreme Court had earlier passed a judgment that land acquisition in Singur was not as per rules and Wednesday’s order has proved that the cases registered against him and others during the Left Front rule were false.