Buddhadeb writes to Ratan Tata

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With the Tatas on the brink of pulling out, West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Friday again appealed to Tata group chairman Ratan Tata to restart work at its Singur project. “The chief minister has written to Ratan Tata requesting him to restart work at the Nano plant at Singur,” industry minister Nirupam Sen told reporters here.

A meeting between the state government and the company's officials will be held here on Sunday, said chief secretary Amit Kiran Deb. He, however, declined to say who would represent the state government and the Tata Motors in the meeting.

In his letter, Bhattacharjee promised to extend all help and cooperation to the Tatas.

On Thursday, the Cabinet had issued an appeal to Tata Motors to refrain from pulling out of Singur. On Friday, Sen said the people of Singur and the state wanted the Tata project to happen. Asked for an update on the Tatas at Singur, Sen said the company had not yet taken the decision to pull out.

In a move that observers said was perhaps “too little, too late,” Sen said the state government would give necessary security to Tata Motors. On Monday, guards at the Singur factory were attacked with iron rods.