Ready to discuss "anything' with her to solve problem: Buddhadeb You cannot buy us and our struggle, Mamata tells Tatas KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday said discussions on the Singur crisis could be held only on condition that the land allegedly acquired forcibly for the Tata Motors project be handed back to farmers. She was responding to an appeal from Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to personally sit with him for talks to find a "solution acceptable to all' and to call off her agitation, outside the Tata Motors project site, that entered the second day. "We want a solution also,' Ms Banerjee said from the podium at Singur, from where she is supervising the agitation, shortly after receiving a letter from the Chief Minister. The Trinamool and its allies are demanding the return of 400 acres out of a total of more than 997 acres acquired for the project. Construction work hit Though the crowds in front of her podium and others set up outside the wall of the project site were smaller than what was seen on Sunday, security continued to be elaborate. Traffic in the region was severely disrupted. Construction work on the project site was affected as several contract workers did not turn up due to the agitation, a Tata Motors source said. Mr. Bhattacharjee told journalists here earlier that he was willing to discuss "anything' with the Trinamool chief "to solve the problem in Singur.' There were reports of some governments saying the Tatas were welcome to relocate the project in their States, in the aftermath of Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata, expressing his anxieties about the future of the Singur project. "We cannot miss project' "It is a critical stage, with the project nearing completion; at this juncture any disruption will be a disaster for West Bengal,' Mr Bhattacharjee said. "Therefore I have sent a letter to Ms. Banerjee with the hope that we can arrive at a consensus ... We cannot miss the project.' Discussions to safeguard the interests of the families of farmers whose plots were acquired under the Land Acquisition Act 1894 could be held within the framework of the law, keeping the project intact, the Chief Minister said in his letter. Biman Bose, chairman of the Left Front committee, reiterating that the issue could be sorted out through talks, said it was not fair on the part of Ms. Banerjee to set pre-conditions when the Chief Minister sought discussions with an open mind. "Stir will spread' Ms. Banerjee accused the government of "petitioning' for the Tatas. "You cannot buy us and our struggle,' she cautioned the company. The agitation will "spread beyond the confines of Singur, across the State and the nation,' she said. She accused the Chief Minister of employing "dilatory tactics' and not touching on the lot of poor peasants in his letter.