Singur and SEZ Controversies

I have been thinking a lot on the Singur controversy and the fast?? of "Maumta di"!!

The agitation of the farmers and the government as well as the corporate house's predicament. I am no fan of Communists... I believe that the Indian Commies are a lot of rigid, narrow-minded and useless old hags who just want to hold on to an idealogy which has been proved to be a failure. They support the government from the outside which shows another aspect of their slyminess - Authority without accountability. Now this might be seem to be a tirade in favor of "Maumta di". That is not true. I have friends from West Bengal who tell me that the people over there are very poor and the kind of money which Tatas have offerred to them is a big saviour.
Neverthless, what gets my goat is that India is a Democracy in just the name. We just elect our law-makers. That is the only democratic aspect of our country. After that the government and the elected (and non-elected) decision-makers just keep everything about running the country under wraps. I have not seen any parameters based on which the government decided to allocate the Singur land for SEZ. If they have really done a good deal then they should come out with facts and figures to convince at least the classes. No one bothered to do that. Where are the statistics related to the percentage of land that is farmed in Singur area. Where is the statistic related to number and kind of crops harvested in a year for the last 5 years in the region. Where is the statistic related to the number of deaths due to poverty, the number of people who are unemployed etc etc.
The best way would be to make the people partners in the industry which is getting developed. The local population also becomes stakeholders in the development and fully supports it. Look what has happenned in Magarpatta near Pune. There is no controversy there and everyone is happy.