Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to speak at a public gathering in Singur, West Bengal’s Hooghly district, where he is expected to revisit the events surrounding Tata Motors’ Nano project exit in 2008. The project’s relocation from Singur followed protests by the Trinamool Congress against land acquisition, led by Mamata Banerjee, who is now the Chief Minister of West Bengal.
After Tata Group’s Ratan Tata announced the Nano project’s departure from Singur in 2008, the project found a new home in Sanand, Gujarat, during Narendra Modi’s tenure as the Chief Minister of the state. Ratan Tata expressed his emotions, stating, “I said that I will not pull out from Singur even if a gun is put on my head. But Miss Banerjee just pulled the trigger,” during the announcement in Kolkata.
The Prime Minister’s speech at the political rally in Singur is anticipated to reflect on these past events as the state gears up for the upcoming Assembly elections. The BJP’s West Bengal unit has been actively promoting the Prime Minister’s rally, connecting it to the Nano project’s exit from Singur in 2008.
Ahead of the rally, Prime Minister Modi will virtually inaugurate several central government projects in West Bengal, primarily related to the Indian Railways. His visit to the state holds significance both administratively and politically, especially with the impending Assembly elections later this year.
