Finally, Tata Motors has decided to set up its Nano manufacturing plant in Gujarat, the right place for business sans politics. Though the Nano plant was in the interest of the people of Singur, including the farmers whose land was acquired, unfortunately, vote-bank politics played a role in West Bengal and politicians, for their selfish interests, became a hurdle in the economic progress of the state.
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi took barely a week to invite Ratan Tata to his state and to clinch the Nano project. Gujarat is known for its good infrastructure and for commitment to make it even better. In West Bengal, infrastructure is nowhere on the government’s radar and, therefore, the state is in a pitiable condition. While the Gujarat chief minister has put his state on the path of industrial growth, leaders in West Bengal are not even bothered about its development. This is the lesson of the big fuss over a small car.
The pullout of Tata Motors from Singur is a lesson or two for the people of West Bengal. They have been totally brainwashed by the Communists for over three decades or so and Mamata Banerjee has only taken advantage of her position to further her political career. Every corporate operating from West Bengal in the 1970s has shifted base to other states. Now the Communist leadership is beckoning private capital into Bengal. A great opportunity has been lost by the state to resurrect its lost pride. It is high time the present generation of West Bengal thinks about what is correct for them and does not allow itself to get brainwashed by defunct ideologies. What a slap to Mamata and her brand of politics when farmers in Gujarat danced and distributed sweets to welcome the Tatas. What India thinks today, West Bengal thinks after two decades.
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