Tata Motors chairman Ratan Tata had last month threatened to exit West Bengal if there was no let up in violence at Singur, where the company is building a factory to make the world's cheapest car 'Nano.'
"We are deeply concerned at the violence and disruption and at the safety of our employees, equipment and investments at the project site at Singur," Tata told reporters on the sidelines of the Tata Tea annual general meeting on August 22.
"If need be we will move and relocate the Nano project elsewhere. We have made a major investment in West Bengal. To move will be at a great cost to Tata Motors and to shareholders, but relocation will also cost the West Bengal government. However, I will not bring my employees here if they will be beaten up," the Tata Group chairman said.
After Tata Motors decided to suspend work at the Singur plant, Ratan Tata told a national televison channel that he does not want to be 'an unwelcome guest'.
Trinamool Congress on its part claimed that the Tatas will never leave, and added that 'they are just posturing'.
Mamata's Banerjee's party further said that their agitation was against the state government and not Tata.
Image: Mamata Banerjee (L), accompanied by Swamajvadi Party leader Amar Singh (R), adresses the gathering at a indefinite agitation in front of the main entrance of the Tata car plant at Singur | Photograph: Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images
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