NEW DELHI: Ratan Tata may have blamed Mamata Banerjee for ousting his Nano project from West Bengal but newly-elected MLA Amit Mitra, tipped to be finance minister, said the Trinamool-Congress regime would seek the salt-to-software conglomerate's return to the state.
Mitra, who is yet to resign as Ficci secretary general, said in a television interview that he did not see any reason why the Tata group would not return as they had hotel and other projects in the state. There were many other opportunities to be tapped as well, he said.
He said Trinamool would get in touch with Ratan Tata and look to persuade the chairman of Tata Sons to renew the aborted association. When asked if Tatas would respond given that they had blamed Mamata for their exit, Mitra said no one drove them out of the state.
What happened had transpired under special circumstances and led to Tatas stopping work at the proposed plant in Singur after Mamata opposed the project to launch Nano, Mitra said.
In the meantime, Mamata on Monday called on Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to invite them for her swearing-in as chief minister on May 20. The Trinamool leader carried the sweet "sandesh" from Kolkata for both leaders.
Mitra, who is yet to resign as Ficci secretary general, said in a television interview that he did not see any reason why the Tata group would not return as they had hotel and other projects in the state. There were many other opportunities to be tapped as well, he said.
He said Trinamool would get in touch with Ratan Tata and look to persuade the chairman of Tata Sons to renew the aborted association. When asked if Tatas would respond given that they had blamed Mamata for their exit, Mitra said no one drove them out of the state.
What happened had transpired under special circumstances and led to Tatas stopping work at the proposed plant in Singur after Mamata opposed the project to launch Nano, Mitra said.
In the meantime, Mamata on Monday called on Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to invite them for her swearing-in as chief minister on May 20. The Trinamool leader carried the sweet "sandesh" from Kolkata for both leaders.
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