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Tata Motors on Wednesday questioned the modus operandi of West Bengal government in taking possession of the land allocated to it for its small car project Nano in Singur saying all important decisions in this regard were being taken at "night" or "midnight".
"Today, everything (on Singur land) is happening at night," senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Tata Motors, said.
He made the remarks while accusing West Bengal government of coming out with a legislation in a haste for taking possession of the land in Singur and returning it to the farmers who were the original owners.
"At the midnight of June 21, We (Tata Motors) were dispossesed of the land," he said and criticised the Mamata Banerjee government of forcefully taking away the land.
The senior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General charged Trinammol Congress with scuttling the legal remedies available to Tata Motors by saying that when it came to know that the matter will come for hearing today, it allocated land to 13 persons on Tuesday.
"Within 24 hours after it came to know that the matter is coming up for hearing, the state government continued with allocation of land to farmers," he claimed.
However, West Bengal government rubbished the allegation and said everything was taking place in accordance with the due process of law.
The state government had come out with Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act on June 21.