BY SUBRATA CHATTOPADHYAY KOLKATA Apparently rattled by the huge success of Trinamul Congress-led siege of the Tata Motor's site at Singur, the ruling CPI(M) has come up with a plan B formula to offer the belligerent Mamata Banerjee. In its desperate bid to placate Ms Banerjee, the CPI(M) satraps are contemplating the idea of acquiring 400-acres land at an alternative site. Although, initially the party leadership including chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee were reluctant to go for the idea of "land-for-land' to offer as quid pro quo to the agitating Oppositions. But given the Trinamul Congress' indefinite siege, the Singur programme has begun with a bang, the party mandarins have started "rethinking'. The CPI(M) leaders, including Hooghly district secretary Binod Das, MPs Rupchand Paul and Anil Basu, who were entrusted to scout for alternative land, met chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and party secretary Biman Bose at Alimuddin Street with proposals for alternative sites in and around Singur. According to government sources, roughly 2,251 landowners (305.47 acres) had refused compensation offered by the WBIDC. CPI(M) state secretary Biman Bose on Sunday hinted that the party is considering to "relocate' the unwilling farmers at Singur. Sources revealed that after seeing Ms Banerjee pointing towards the lands (500 acres she claimed) just opposite the Tata project site as the possible alternative for the vendor units, Mr Bose held an emergency meeting with party leaders to determine the exact number of "reluctant' farmers. He, however, said that more talks are needed to sort out the Singur land impasse and as a first step towards resolving it, the number of farmers unwilling to part with their land should be determined. "There can be more discussions and the number of unwilling farmers determined,' Mr Bose said. As per the initial talks between the chief minister and Leader of the Opposition Partha Chatterjee, there should be exchange of papers and documents to ascertain claims and counter claims, he added.