Industry associations and businessmen, who presently are quite concerned with the current political situation in West Bengal, feel that the process of industrialization would be affected in the state if there is any negative development with regard to the upcoming Tata Motors’ Nano plant in Singur. The state government and the opposition party leaders have been requested by the chambers to hold a meeting and come out with a perfect solution for smooth implementation of Tata’s project.

Chandrajit Banerjee, who is the CII director general reported, “Industrialization is critical for the development of social infrastructure. The development of the state and the country should not suffer due to any political differences.”

Therefore, it is required that there should be settlement between the parties to ensure peace. Other than this, industries have been warned by Ficci that they should not get in crossfire with the local political parties.

“The industrial progress of West Bengal would be ruined if Tatas are forced to withdraw their Singur project. It would be a clear case of vindictive politics and sending extremely wrong signals to investors which will take the state back to 70’s era when West Bengal witnessed large exodus of its industrial units,” informed Assocham president Sajjan Jindal.