20 Years After Nano Row, Suvendu Adhikari Hopes For A Vehicle Factory In Singur

Friday, 6 November 2026Newsdesk

Back in 2006, the Left government set out to bring industry to Singur with a project by Tata to build the car Nano. The factory never rolled out a car. Instead, it set off an agitation that helped Mamata Banerjee drive the last nail into the coffin of Left Front rule.

New Delhi 06 November 2026

As per news report of NDTV,Twenty years ago, Singur changed the course of Bengal's politics. After the 2006 Assembly elections, the Left Front government of then chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee set out to bring industry to the Hooghly farmland. It handed the project to Tata Motors, which planned to build the Nano, the country's most affordable car, at a plant there. The factory never rolled out a car. Instead, it set off a farmers' agitation that helped Mamata Banerjee drive the last nail into the coffin of Left Front rule in 2011.

Source - NDTV