Tata Motors on Friday announced it was pulling out its Nanosmall car project from West Bengal's Singur and blamed the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, which spearheaded the protests against the factory, for the 'painful' decision.
Briefing newspersons after a 90-minute meeting with state Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at the state secretariat, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata said: "We have arrived at the painful decision mainly for the well-being of our employees and for the safety of contractors."
Coming down heavily on Banerjee, Tata wondered about the source of funds for the prolonged agitation. "I would not like to respond (whether the competitors played a role). But it has made us wonder where some of the funds for agitation and the logistics has come from."
"I had said earlier that if somebody holds a trigger to my face, he will have to take the decision whether or not to pull the trigger, because I will not move away. I must say Ms Banerjee has pulled the trigger."
The auto major's decision comes 32 days after it decided to suspend operations in the Singur factory fearing for security of its employees who were manhandled and threatened by Trinamool Congress-led protesters, demanding the return of 400 acres out of the total area 997.11 acres taken for the project.
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