Think about Bengal and India, solve Singur row: PM

On Board PM's Special Aircraft, October 1: With the row over Tata's Nano car project in Singur eluding a solution, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that it is in the interest of West Bengal and India that the issue is resolved "satisfactorily."
The prime minister also said he did not want to apportion blame but sincerely believed that even now it is "not too late" to find a negotiated settlement which would meet the concerns of those farmers who are agitating as well as the concerns of the investors, the Tatas.

The Tatas, West Bengal Government and the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress are locked in a dispute over farmland acqusition that has led the industry group to consider moving out of the state. Work remains suspended at the Singur for nearly a month.

Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata is due to hold talks with West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in Kolkata on October three to discuss the company's Nano car project which has run into strong resistance from Trinamool Congress over farmland acquisition issue.