one of the most dicey terms, in principle is one sure recipe for future disagreements between two parties. to me, two sides -- be it individuals, dissenting political parties, warring factions -- whosoever... will surely lend itself/themselves to future disagreements since the seed of discontent is never resloved with so-called "in principle" agreement. this is legalese, a way of garbing, a way of stalling an outright confrontation, so that parties can always say that they agree in principle on the end, but not the means of attaining a goal...
look at the Tata Motors plant at Singur in West Bengal... both the government and the Opposition say that they favour industry (the goal), but they have divergent view on the means -- the Opposition wants land to be returned two years after it was taken away from farmers; the Government wants the Opposition to accept the latest package that they have gone public on to be accepted... all this while both had "in principle" agreed to resolve the issue and both agree on the path to development, industry...
who is being held to ransom? neither those in power, nor the Opposition, nor the Tatas (since of it is not Singur, they will roll the Nano out of their other factories), but the common man who had pinned his hopes on the factory for various reasons...
but who is bothered? who is listening? none...
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You are absolutely right. Rajay rajay juddho hoy, ulukhagra'r pran jay.
Nano keno? er uttor keu dite parche na abar keno noy tar o uttor nei. Aj jami'r ja abostha hoye geche sekhane chas hobe na tahole ki?
Its the fallacy of the principle.
I am not actually any pro's neither pro CPM nor pro Opposition. But do you really think that the opposition is thinking about Tata Plant ? Not infiltration in peasant belt ?
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Yes, govt. is also after political benifit ? But at least in the last announced package, isn't ther a positive approach to solve the issue ? May be it could have been taken long back.
The sufferers are mainly 'landless' farmers, who didnot get anything till last package.
neither am i any party pro... but what should have been done long long back is being done now by the Govt. but this whole fiasco could have been averted if the Govt had taken this very same road to industrialisation, taking the farmers into confidence, telling them of the benefits and training them up for jobs in industries
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