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Road and rail traffic in the metropolis and surroundings were thrown out of gear this morning following an hour-long blockade by the Trinamool Congress to protest the "forcible" acquistion of agricultural land for the Tata Motors car project at Singur. TC supporters also blocked Mayo Road in front of Gandhi statue where party chief Mamata Banerjee was sitting on an indefinite fast. Banerjee went on a strike here from this morning after being forcibly removed from the Singur BDO's office in Hooghly district where she had staged a sit in last night demanding the immediate stoppage of paying compensation cheques to land losers. She was later escorted back to Kolkata by the police. Union minister and senior Congress leader Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi condemned the police action saying, "the manner in which the government tried to curb the mavement of farmers is shameful. The manhandling of Mamata is not only an insult to her, but also to the women of Bengal," he told newsmen after meeting the TC chief at the Gandhi's statue. The TC supporters who put up the blockade at Mayo Road were protesting the handcuffing of some of their party colleagues admitted to the Chinsurah hospital in Hooghly district following the police action at Singur. According to the TC supremo, who has called a 'Bangla Bandh' on October nine, 43 TC supporters were beaten up by the police and handcuffed after being admitted to the Chinsurah hospital. Altogether 500 TC supporters were injured in the scuffle, she claimed.
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