New Delhi: Even as the Lok Sabha yesterday (Dec13,2006) made a strong plea to Mamata Banerjee to call off her fast, Parliamentary Affairs Minister P R Dasmunsi stepped up efforts to resolve the Singur issue including stoppage of entire work for the plant for a fortnight.

A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Buddadeb Bhattacharya said that the land for the project would be handed over on schedule, Dasmunsi also appealed to him to withdraw Section 144 at the site and create an atmosphere in order to engage everyone for talks.

The issue of the ten-day old hunger strike by Banerjee also figured in the Lok Sabha with Speaker Somnath Chatterjee appealing to her to call off her fast and telling her that the entire House was concerned about her health and well being.

Talking to reporters, Dasmunsi said he told the Chief Minister that it would not be good if any political leader went on fast. But the Chief Minister expressed his inability to roll back the project after the land has been alloted.

He said the Chief Minister told him that he was ready for talks with the Trinamool Congress leader on every issue including Singur but she was not accepting.

Dasmunsi said he had also conveyed to Congress President about his talks with the Chief Minister.

Attacking the West Bengal government, he said as a Congress MP from the state, I can say that whatever had been done in Singur was wrong.