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Kolkata, Sept. 5 Talks to end the impasse over land acquisition at Singur for the Tata small car project remained inconclusive on Friday with all parties concerned agreeing to meet at 11 a.m. on Saturday to take the process forward.

Friday’s meeting was slated for 10 a.m. but was rescheduled to 4 p.m. It continued for three hours. In the morning, the West Bengal Governor, Mr Gopal Krishna Gandhi, told newspersons that the State Government had requested that the meeting be postponed by a couple of hours and, hence, it was rescheduled. Later, the Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, denied that the State Government had made any such request.

In Friday’s talks, the delegation representing the State Government was led by West Bengal’s Minister for Industries & Commerce, Mr Nirupam Sen. The Trinamool Congress delegation was led by the Leader of the Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly, Mr Partha Chatterjee.

Emerging after the meeting first, Mr Chatterjee said the talks were “positive” and the issue of land acquisition in Singur was discussed. Later tonight, he was set to brief his party leader, Ms Mamata Banerjee, on the deliberations that were held.

None representing the State Government spoke to the media. After the meeting, the CPI (M) leadership met at the party headquarters at Alimuddin Street to discuss the developments.

Mr Gandhi, who briefed newspersons later, said: “We had very useful and constructive discussions in a spirit of understanding”. He thanked those who came to participate in the meeting.

A statement released from Raj Bhavan said the “discussions were held between the State government panel and the panel representing Krishi Jomi Raksha Committee on the Singur project, for three hours. Both sides expressed their respective views and the discussions were held in a constructive spirit with the intention of providing a way out. The discussions will resume at 11 a.m. tomorrow”.

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